These are gorgeous and then some, and while some of these treatments have languished after Secret Lair printings, the layout and design here is top-notch
If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token first.) Creature tokens you control have deathtouch
I did not find any images of reverses from this set featuring such a stripe of different colour on the edge (I am grateful if anyone can provide any), but I did find one for a later set which has the same card layout for the reverses: image579962 229 KB The Charizard from Ex Crystal Guardians features a sliver of non-holofoil yellow on the top of the card
But they are powerful enough to justify first-picking, and seeing them late is when you really should capitalize on them because that is a signal that nobody else is trying to employ that specific strategy, and you can therefore wheel cards that will be important for your deck
Theyre a sure-fire way to spend a lot of money in a short amount of time if youre trying to chase cards, but for Tales of Middle-earth in particular, theyre even more of a headache at the moment