mtg showcase cards Bloomburrow lined up : r/magicTCG Samuel Araya Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair:

While many cards had their text boxes changed subtly from Alpha to Beta (templates were fixed, font sizes were changed, misprints were fixed, and readability was improved), several cards have significant differences between Alpha and Beta printings

These cards are ones that trigger abilities and effects that care about blue spells, like Sapphire Medallion

Counterspell Counterspell is one of the few Magic cards Id consider a perfect design

The natural villain to this problem was Tarmogoyf, but even creatures like Deceiver Exarch and Linvala, Keeper of Silence could often be an issue simply for having four toughness

Outside of jank shenanigans, though, shock lands have subtypes just like the original duals which are great to pair with fetch or check lands