Draconautics Engineer provides a lot of value in an aggressive goblin deck, giving haste to your other creatures, easily becoming a 3/3, and later making a dragon
We could probably have found room for Gwen Stacy and Miles Morales in a non-Spider-Man specific set, but there wouldnt have been room for Aunt May. McCall says that designing for a Universes Beyond set flips the worldbuilding on its head, in that a typical Magic set needs its cards to lay the groundwork of its location and setting while also being fun to play with in order to get players on board, whereas most people already have some familiarity with a character like Spider-Man
This is probably the biggest complaint I get from collectors, sets look the same but have different names
How Does Blocking a 1/1 with Menace Work
However, bringing back multiple creatures of the casting cost without giving your opponent anything is powerful on its own
This decrease in randomness is matched by a decrease in power levelyou will never go up a card, and you have to sacrifice a spell to earn a +1/+1 counter