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1: Creatures became the focal point. Magic was first yet somehow was copying Yugioh homework (why the fuck would you ever do that? For that matter just print damn child porn off the dark web for cards it's the same as that anime shit) and we have to consider how in older mtg, non-creature spells were key. You'd never see something like snuff out or force of will printed. Meanwhile it wouldn't be ridiculous for green to get a vanilla 4/4 for 2 mana now.

2: Planeswalkers. It took away from legendary creatures, it took away from the players themselves, and mechanically they're just better enchantments.

3: Word creep. Not power creep necessarily, but again like Yugioh feeling the need to do 5 steps for no God damn reason. Generic 4/4 for 2 mana is power creep, word creep is it's a 2/2 but gains +2/+2 while an opponent has 1 or more instants in grave but less than 4. In most cases it's the same, and even when it is weaker it just slows shit down having to evaluate the board state.

Pokemon Pocket is an example of power creep but not word creep. If anything words have become irrelevant. It's literally big numbers and special conditions which are keywords anyway are a welcome change