Magic is currently at the top of its game, and I believe a lot of that is due to how fun Magic is to play, which is due in part to the hard work of all the designers
This is a core color combination we talked about in the article about planeswalkers, and theres an overlap with that theme: proliferate
In my extensive testing I have found the mirror to mostly be about getting ahead and staying ahead
Combo decks and casual builds often show up in Commander, because you have a wide range of powerful spells, artifact cards, and ramp spells to experiment with
Theres been a surge in the value of Pokmon first edition cards because they were the first print runs for the U.S
Also, 177 of the cards from Limited Edition ( Alpha or Beta ) weren't legal in Modern, which was a strange look for a card printed in a set called Modern Horizons 2