Crucially, Ravensburger has clarified that both Epic and Iconic cards are alternate-art reprints of existing cards
Theres a ton of scope for mixing and matching not only the Final Fantasy characters, but the rest of the Magic: The Gathering multiverse, including the crossovers
Once it was decided that we were only exploring the mainline games, we made a spreadsheet for every game and filled it to the brim with every character, spell, weapon, monster, summon, and story moment we could fondly remember or that was so iconically FINAL FANTASY that it had to make an appearance
Stunned to see us use that character, he bowed at me
It's only something I've been asking for since The First Chapter dropped