Sauron is expensive for a commander, and without the land ramp afforded by green, you'll need to run a lot to mana rocks to play him early enough to matter
they have been featured in a variety of meta decks over the years
With Mabel there was a conscious decision to draw her differently than Mouse Guard mice (the paws have 5 fingers instead of 3, the ears are different, and the eyes are bigger), but I hope I brought all the illustrative experience of what communicates ideas through images to Bloomburrow that Ive learned doing Mouse Guard and other comic covers and that I bring the growth from doing Bloomburrow back to Mouse Guard just in terms of illustration quality
Spectacle has the potential to let aggressive Rakdos decks compound early advantages and punish Orzhov players for playing slow, grindy decks
Yes, the hobby is infested with resellers, getting cards graded is a whole ordeal, and our beloved childhood heirlooms are selling for $300,000 at auction