Essentially, these are two philosophies that keeps common cards simpler on the whole, allowing for lapsed players and new players to more easily enter the game and quickly understand basic concepts and cards, while allowing for more complex cards and mechanics to exist at higher rarities
The mana investment required to transform Norm might keep him out of many Constructed formats, but I'll note there is a lot of discard synergy in Standard at the moment
Final Fantasy 10 stands apart from most games in the series in terms of the deep lore surrounding summons
Damaged: Significant wear, tears, or bends
It was unassuming when I first saw it, and I didnt read the card or think about it fully
Its relatively cheap now, and is most commonly used in combo decks where it can find you a lot of specific creatures that you might need