Paying 8 mana to draw a card seems ludicrous when viewed through the lens of current Magic, but at the time, and thus in this format, its basically the bar by which all card drawing cards are judged
There are exceptions to this rule, but for the purposes of our explanation, we'll write those off (if a card has neither a weakness nor a resistance, it's not exactly good for explaining the concept!)
Sleight of Hand was a welcome addition to Izzet Wizards, where looking at two cards provides superior selection to Opt or Consider
Kristina and Sam were great and are true assets to the company
Unfortunately, Chris Grundy has had first-hand experience of this
With the Red Gyarados popping out at you in the design, this is one of the coolest Gyarados cards you can find that wont break the bank