Knowing this stuff mattersand it can be the difference between scoring a gem and pulling a dupe
There are plenty of flying or bird-typal EDH decks, and they all enjoy an easy way to make so many bird tokens
Mana Drain Someone, for some reason, decided that Counterspell was just not good enough
Each set has an entirely different symbol, so your best option is to google search for a list of them and compare your cards to it
In every expansion, there have been theme decks, which are essentially pre-built starter decks so you don't have to bother with the hassle of deck construction
Some of the vast range of abilities include effects like: Banish a character or item Damage or heal a character Draw cards, or look at the top few cards of your deck Gain Lore or steal your opponents Lore Exert an opponents character or ready one of yours There are many more, and different ink colors tend to have more of certain abilities