card list mtg MTG: What is the Reserved List? Spells you control cant be countered this turn Bucket List - Mystery Booster:

It pumps creatures of the same type by +1/+1 and lessens the color restrictions on their mana costs

This keeps them on the back-foot and dancing to your tune until you're ready to deploy characters with 'Evasive' (meaning they can't be challenged unless the other card has Evasive too)

These cards are not payoff in the sense of being a way of winning but they are payoff in the sense that you can make an absolute tonne of mana out of them which in turn can be abused with the appropriate sinks

On top of that, the foil feels like a plastic layer and doesnt have detail or vary based on the card art

No doubt WotC noticed the popularity of Jumpstart as a very new-player-friendly format with fairly simple card designs and players who just wanted to dip their toes into Magic