This list has several aspirations. Foremost, it is intended to be a moderately high power battle box, and so the design eschews certain mechanics that are not battle box-friendly. The secondary goal is that it also be draftable as a four person cube. The third goal, which has been the biggest challenge during initial design, is that it minimize the use of tokens/counters so that it fits in as small of a box for transport as possible. Modern Magic's emphasis on tokens and +1/+1 counters takes a lot of interesting cards out of play, so a few exceptions are provided to keep the metagame healthy.