Below is an excerpt from Marks article: To commemorate the opening of the DCI Tournament Center, Wizards was asked if they could design and draw (just as I designed both cards, Chris Rush illustrated both of them back then he was a full-time Wizards employee) a card called Shichifukujin Dragon
Let's take the same player and have him get milled
her stats, as mentioned, arent all that special
While colloquially, Alt/Alternate Art is widely understood as a descript for these types of cards, it can be confused by the official use of Alternate Art which is used for a card that has been reprinted with different art, often used as a Promo (Previously given the symbol as a distinction) Alakazam ex | Alakazam ex Alternate Art Promo alt art858599 91.7 KB Because there was no official rarity yet, the AA or SA would be added as a suffix at the end of the existing rarity when describing a card if applicable
But how viable is this really
And I think more creatures like this would have saved the reputation of the card type at the games inception