Cards like Braids challenge the player to use extra effects to make symmetrical effects more one-sided, and blue offers plenty of such cards
The Treasure Planet card opens up a whole wealth of opportunities for players, allowing them to take advantage of the cheaper cost of Shift cards - as well as their impressive abilities - without needing to actually have the less powerful cards needed in their deck
Thats why something like Chains of Mephistopheles is so pricy (because people like to pretend they understand what it does), and Soldevi Golem is straight-up worthless
Either way, cycling is one of the all time great mechanics and it improves every card it goes on
Even in the big creature cards, we tried to work in other game elements, characters, or moments to harken back to the player's first time facing off against iconic enemies like the Jumbo Cactuar
Remember that weird salamander thing we found in the jungle stream