This isnt MTGs first flirtation with serialised cards but, alongside the serialised Sol Rings, represents the companys most full-throated endorsement of the practice, to-date
This painting, alongside the rest of Mirrodins Basic lands, set the stage for the divergence from convention
His showboating nature and proclivity for making creatures fight is represented here by his static ability, which goads any creature with less power than him
I was over the moon when I managed to pull it out of a booster pack for myself
Well find out sooner or later
The secondary Adventure function of Towns at least gives them some utility, such as Midgar letting players sacrifice to draw, or Ishgard summoning artifacts from the graveyard to the hand