Its difficult to play the game when suddenly half of your cards are unplayable, and half of your creatures (more, if you have tokens) cant block for you anymore
If you really want to get a creature a turn at four mana with a restriction, try Spirit Mirror
"Rei" could also translate into the word "ray", (used in the English dub) which in optics is defined as the vector pointing in the direction of propagating light, which can refer to both Vector's masquerade and also type of Deck Ray uses
Below is an excerpt from Marks article: To commemorate the opening of the DCI Tournament Center, Wizards was asked if they could design and draw (just as I designed both cards, Chris Rush illustrated both of them back then he was a full-time Wizards employee) a card called Shichifukujin Dragon
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