Surveil is more skill-testing because binning cards is both more powerful than bottom them, but also feels worse (particularly for less experienced players)
Howling Moon gives you a small consolation prize, providing a 2/2 Wolf whenever an opponent plays their second spell during any turn .
But their proxies look very close to authentic MTG cards
Cards like Unsettled Mariner and Irregular Cohort are already fine playables, but get far better when they destroy things on ETB
Getting to wait a turn to pay for your countermagic leaves you with some interesting plays, letting you tap out to establish a threat without worrying much about what your opponents can do
Essentially, by beating the Xbox (and later PC and PlayStation 3) game, you knew the game well enough to buy a starter deck and head to a Friday Night Magic and actually know what youre doing