As was often the case, production testing proved the engineers right, and 1993 witnessed the release of the Alpha Expansion for Wizards of the Coast
Graded Population Report: Frantic Search [Retro] Visualize the distrbution of grades in the chart
Every Commander deck wants more draw, and Shadow offers it in a fairly efficient package, with the Split Second potential thrown in as a nice bonus
Multiple finality counters on a single permanent are redundant
Gourmands Talent gives a big buff to Food decks, converting all your other Artifacts into food, generating Creature tokens when gaining life, and powering up your whole board with frequently increasing +1/+1 counters
When you discard a card this way, this creature deals damage equal to that card's mana value to each opponent