They were very strong for the time, these days? Essentially none of them is playable in any constructed format (unless they’re an oddball for an oddball deck).

They were very strong for the time, these days? Essentially none of them is playable in any constructed format (unless they’re an oddball for an oddball deck). Compare Serra and Baneslayer, and that’s a 10 years old card, and keeping to non-legendaries (for legendaries see Ao the dawn sky). Meanwhile many non-creature spells are strong enough to be restricted or banned.