Interestingly, even when we are short on legends, Heroes Podium digs for them, which makes us want to play a little more midrangey than we otherwise would
No matter the language or age of the set (barring Magics earliest releases), youll find virtually any booster box WotC has ever released
Ironically, this makes a perfect English card harder to achieve, which is why a PSA 10 English card can still command a strong premium
The front face gets back a nonbattle permanent which is something that white and black can do when combined (white can get back artifacts, enchantments, lands, planeswalkers, and small creatures, while black can get back creatures of any size)
Read the official announcement from WotC.
I believe that WotC's current financial results strongly suggest that the overall answer is No. Yet I also believe that we cant think about Magic as a single game (as it was 30 years ago): modern MTG is more like a collection of different games that happen to share game pieces, and some of those games are more welcoming to new pieces than others
