I dont believe it has anything to do with them being printed first and, in fact, I believe they were printed along side the main set
When you do, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and they gain vigilance until end of turn
If you are ahead, you don't want to use one and reset everything
It gets high marks as an upgradeable deck but low marks for what it is right out of the box
Traveling Chocobo (Borderless) (Japanese Exclusive) Printing Foil Condition Near Mint (NM) Rarity Mythic Rare Number 551 Market Price $4,041.66 The highest-value card in the Final Fantasy x Magic: The Gathering set is the Japanese language version of Traveling Chocobo in a borderless variant
This effectively makes its ability to pay one black, draw two cards, and potentially remove a problematic creature from the board