... the creatures were in FIN. FIN > MOM > EMN > IKO are the four sets with the highest mean P+T.)

This holds up if you look at all cards, not just commons & uncommons.

I just thought this was interesting, and a little counterintuitive. Especially after you add all of the -1/-1 counters, ECL is surprisingly low-toughness!

(It's also interesting to see just how big...

...all but 7 of these sets has higher average toughness than power, but the biggest toughness outliers are all old sets: Alpha, Alliances, & Antiquities.

But even in the last year, Final Fantasy and The Last Airbender are substantially more tough-leaning than Lorwyn Eclipsed.

I guess you could say that I did not expect this.

@alanpep.bsky.social has been collecting these Archetype Guides from booster boxes since they started doing them, and was kind enough to share two with me: Unfinity and Dominaria Remastered.

Thanks so much!

I know this would have been more useful about a week ago, but 🤷‍♂️

Maybe this will help someone, and if not -- I love these Archetype Guides, and wanted to dabble in the genre anyway 😄

#5 is even more out-of-left-field

...there are others, including many cases where an artist has done two takes on the same card (too many 2-ofs to list here), but most are less interesting, or more minor variants.

Credit to this thread for the idea: bsky.app/profile/kawa...

Kotaki Sol Rings

Three Burley Vistas

This guy. Not sure what's going on here.

Some Danner Wilds; the inspiration for this thread

Some pretty hardcore Arcane Signets

So many Urza's, part II

So many Urza's

Another four seasons, which I should have put earlier in the thread

Magali 🤝 Thalia