LogFAQs > #978965349

Oh right, FIRE design was a pushback against the intentional depowering of Standard that happened in Battle for Zendikar and Kaladesh. It deliberately pushed for more powerful and exciting cards instead, especially at common and uncommon. Unfortunately, it also pushed more and more complexity into higher-rarity cards, resulting in design abominations like Questing Beast and Bonecrusher Giant. Throne of Eldraine gets its bad reputation because it was the first set to explicitly use FIRE design and created multiple obnoxious cards as a result, but FIRE's legacy remains with the ever-heightening power and complexity creeps.