The nice thing about that abstraction is that instead of telling the player, Here is what is happening, they get to bridge that gap. For the game industry, its hoped for as a potential blockbuster
These will definitely see plenty of play in Commander since the formats slow enough to allow the time to capitalize on them, and I imagine Midgar, City of Mako and Lindblum, Industrial Regency become Cube frequent fliers
Going by TCGPlayer, the special issue serialized Praetors continue to sell in quantities akin to other popular, but significantly cheaper, serialized cards from the same set
This means having early blockers PuPu UFO, Demon Wall, Scorpion Sentinel, Sahagin, Magic Pot, or just any two-drops you can find