I'll add that the last time I played MtG was "Urza's Saga" series, and the cards were becoming ridiculously overpowered compared to the old cards I liked collecting. Then again I had a Sliver Deck which was just obscene. What's the power bloat like these days? Have they reigned in it?
As a casual, non-tournament player, does the addition of each new series continue to have "game-breaking" combinations you have to look out for (Sliver Queen, Ashnods Altar, etc, etc), or has the re-balancing mentioned earlier on helped tackle these age-old issues? I don't say any of this with negativity intended, mind you, just with all the hype around the Ravnica campaign coming out, MtG's been on my mind a lot, and I can't say I haven't been curious about poking at the new cards a bit...