Aside from my very niche issues with the decks lore, the theme of monarch and human typal make perfect sense and are integrated seamlessly into the playability
With Saskia not giving me what I needed, I decided to switch up, and zoned in on the new Liesa, Forgotten Archangel from Midnight Hunt
The artist made all four copies, each with its own unique scene and patterns
Not amazing, but definitely impactful, especially later in a game
Released in October of 2003, Mirrodin is set in the realm of Mirrodin, a plane created by Karn and eventually populated with individuals kidnapped from different planes by Memnarch, a creation of Karn made from the Mirari (Who got infected by some Phyrexian oil Karn had stuck to him from Invasion)