I think most often youre dropping it as the Parlor, and then when you want to close the game, you unlock the Secret Arcade, which will buff your All that Glitters, Ancestral Mask et al
For cards printed before the Exodus set (1998), all set symbols were black
Those two are Jeweled Bird and Chaos Orb
Master new mechanics Earthbending, Airbendending, Waterbending and Firebending to tell your version of the story and discover your Magic playstyle
While I still have some reservations, I find the D&D crossovers a lot easier to reconcile with Magics aesthetic (as I likely will with the Lord of the Rings set, and I am sure I would have were this set of precons focused on Warhammer Fantasy Battles, or even Age of Sigmar)