Then a Daretti, Scrap Savant or Goblin Welder can perform the switcheroo, sacrificing the cheap artifact and cheating the big one out of the bin
Although this effect does have a practical purpose within the game, it ultimately served moreso to just annoy your opponents, which is ultimately what lead to the card being completely banned
Usually, they come transparent on one side and with a solid color or design that is opaque ( not transparent) on the other
Blue Counterspells in Commander need to do more than just counter a spell
Its worth keeping in mind that this is before the decks have actually been released, so a lot of this is speculation when it comes to new cards
Every Magic card starts as a proxy, sleeved up in front of a real Magic card so that it can be tested and tweaked before being released to the public