Simic loves its creatures, so the flavors of builds we see will be legion
To do that, we developed a workflow that asked concept artists and card artists to pull hallmark character designs from Yoshitaka Amanos original (and legendary) concept art, the original FFVI sprites, and the FFVI Pixel Remaster character portraits, to synthesize the most consistent elements of each characters design into something new. We also encouraged our artists to punch up finer details and explore elements where they thought they could push (fabric, patterns, textures, etc.) Then, we would meet with the Final Fantasy VI review team, and they would give us feedback on what core elements they wanted to preserve and what new elements they were excited about
As long as a scheme card is face up in the command zone, its static abilities affect the game, its triggered abilities may trigger, and its activated abilities may be activated
Nantuko Shades were very common in tournament MTG when Torment was first released, thanks in large part to Dark Ritual and a small horde of shadow-wielding baddies
All three of Jeskai's colors contain a plethora of noncreature spells that target creatures, enchantments, and other card types