Between tutors like Green Sun's Zenith and Natural Order and the plethora of ramp available to green decks, the OG is just more castable
The format remains fringe, but if it becomes as well-established as something like Pauper, we may see more movement on the Reserved List cards that actually see play in it like Phyrexian Dreadnaught and Gaeas Cradle , as well as staples for more budget decks like Pyroblast in Burn
There are some other things that ppl mentioned, from other areas of the text, to the +/- 15 screen angles (As an aside to @Nightvulture, these are also thin stamp variants that shouldnt have the -15 backs, another red flag), but heres a smoking gun imo that requires little judgement and is easy to see: the flame icons in the fire energies should not have a black bottom border: Screenshot 2026-01-04 at 9.06.27 PM826800 80.7 KB If I had to guess, Id believe what @pikachutcg mentioned, and that these use real backs with a sticker
Best Cards in Modern Blue [2022] Team2025-06-27T09:17:14+02:00February 4th, 2022|Constructed| We asked our seasoned team of authors a tough question: What do they think are the best ten blue cards in Magic the Gathering's Modern format
