They still had to go through our normal design and development processes, but because we wanted these cards to feel special, we allowed the designers to push boundaries a little more than we might normally allow an internal designer to do
Players will find familiar faces and concepts like Auron, Venerated Guardian, Summon: Valefor, Blitzball Stadium, and even Sin, Unending Cataclysm
However, in terms of pure power, I prefer running Imotekh the Stormlord as the commander
Flavor aside, Blue Mage's Cane slots perfectly into spell-stealing strategies, and those with payoffs for playing cards from game zones other than your hand
You cast it to actually make x-number of heroes, so its like summoning people to the party, and then it checks