Those artists are really SSS tier, I truly envy their painterly - vintage fantasy style
While my personal feelings on this aren't that strong (maybe because I don't play that much paper Magic ), I certainly see how the 8 Whack player has the right to be angry and feel like they were robbed by someone who was cheating
Collectors are drawn to its flowing, elegant Special Art Rare illustration, which captures the aerodynamic grace of this Legendary Mega Evolution
While it wont mitigate the looming threat of a board wipe, the Shroud provided by Scion of Oona is an incredibly useful added layer of protection
Something along the line of a scannable code on cards to verify authenticity would get the job done, but implementing the program would be costly, and it wouldn't help with all the cards that are currently in print (barring some sort of mass-exchange program, which would be even more prohibitively expensive)
Which decks do you use them in