As a result, it seems like the combination of Wizards designing great cards and sets with the lessons learned from the past may finally be coming to fruition
This makes sense from a lore perspective, as the plane of Mirrodin, which we now know as New Phyrexia, was created by the artifact planeswalker Karn and was originally called Argentum
Harsh Mentor is definitely not a Minotaur, but at least there are curved horns in the art, and that has to count for something, right
The Pox builds tend to abuse the symmetries with cards like Bloodghast allowing them to pull ahead
[You lose 1 life for each counter removed this way.] Exile [this card and] all opponents' graveyards
Every single component is important to the cards mechanics, legality, and even rarity