The card stands as a testament to the competitive fervor of the era and the exclusive prestige bestowed upon skilled trainers who clinched top positions
Theres a reason Magic: The Gathering Final Fantasy is shaping up to be the biggest set in the games history so far: its drawing together two huge fantasy fanbases, and doing so pretty fantastically
In particular, you can not sac a map at instant speed to trigger revolt for Fatal Push, which is a common role of these tokens in Pioneer
Even if the Emperor isn't taken out of action, having plenty of 5/5 flyers in play certainly doesn't hurt
There's also Pitiless Plunderer and Morbid Opportunist here which I thought would hint at a Sacrifice subtheme here but nope, there's 1 sac outlet in the entire deck (Shadow, Mysterious Assassin) and like two or three cards that sacrifice themselves (Priest of Fell Rites) so maybe these are either random "hope for value" inclusions or maybe the remnants of a previous version of the deck that focused more on Sacrifice, who knows
[18] Music [edit] Regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu wrote the music of Final Fantasy IX
