The Stray
Hero
1994, after they released a promo called Nalathni Dragon and a bunch of cards tied in to early Magic: The Gathering novels.Another case where a link would be nice. When did they promise that?
Of course, the "no mechanically unique cards" promise was broken in 2018 with buy-a-box promos, so it wasn't even The Walking Dead that Broke that. They're released Non-MTG IP promos based on Hasbro Properties at cons, but these were always Silver-Bordered (and thus, not playable in any sanctioned format) before The Walking Dead SL, which is what REALLY got people heated up. If the Walking Dead cards had been silver-bordered, no one would have cared. But because they're black bordered and legal in Legacy and Vintage (and thus backdoored into Commander), this REALLY upset people.