Most disputes come from optimistic grading, not genuine defects
New world order In one of his articles, Mark Rosewater introduced us to the New World Order in their design process: They would make sure that the common cards as they are the cards that new players will have the most contact with will never be overly complex: They should be easy to understand and easy to play with, so as these players become more interested and start buying more packs, they will gradually start having contact with rarer, and more complex cards, making the learning curve less steep
Most Wizards of the Coast first-edition cards have a circular stamp on the left-hand side that says "Edition 1." Shadowless and Unlimited cards don't have a stamp, but you can recognize them by copyright date
This deck is remarkably fast and consistent at creating a huge army, early in the game, and winning by turn 4-5
As long as this creature is attacking, creatures can't block unless their controller pays for each of those creatures
Now, that's not to write off his -2 and -7 abilities