There are certainly some themes present in this expansion, but because of the sixteen games in the series, it feels like the cards are all designed to do various weird and unique things, at the cost of them being rather weak in power level
Three mana for two reanimations is a rate nothing else in Magic can match
Buster Sword - Break theme and let Hojo give Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER his sword
The best part of The First Sliver is that when you find a spell with cascade after casting a spell with cascade, that new cascade trigger will happen, giving you the chance to chain multiple cascade triggers with one creature
Many have asked for this to be banned in Commander since entire decks are built around breaking it in their decks with a storm count win like Tendrils of Agony after dropping all of those zero cost artifacts or Dark Ritual effects
The Disney Lorcana starter deck includes everything you need to start playing against another player who has their own deck