But also a game that someone who's never played a game like this before can pick it up, understand the concepts, and then get drawn in by the characters." Considering how difficult it can be to get your head around Magic or Pokemon these days (there's a reason Magic's head designer noted in an old blog that the company has spent "almost 30 years trying to make a product where people can teach themselves, and its turned out to be really, really hard"), that accessibility is overdue
Yes on all counts, with one important note about intellectual property
He will still see some play in Psychatog or other blue black pure control decks but is sharing more and more with cards like Jace Beleren, Vampire Nighthawk, Enclave Cryptologist and Seagate Oracle
Not only is it a shiny version of an already beautiful card, but as mentioned before, it's just downright useful in Token, Counter, and Commander decks