A couple weeks back we were discussing potential block plans for Tesla and Edison. We came up with numerous visions, but most of them shared a common thread: the progress made in Tesla has world-changing consequences in Edison.
But AlexC hit on something deeper than any one vision in his comment: the best way to elicit emotion from the players is to ensure that the advance turning everything on its head isn't just be something players see; it's be something they build.
The Tesla project was initially envisioned as a stand-alone large expansion that would try to adhere to all of the design principles and policies that Wizards of the Coast R&D applies in making actual Standard-legal sets. But that was years ago back when we got sets like Rise of the Eldrazi.
With the new two-block paradigm, all Standard-legal sets will be part of a two set block. Even if we're only doing design for the large set of Tesla block, an essential piece of the process is looking at a larger block plan.
