However, there are things we can learn from the steam engine that apply directly to the resources gained from such a powerful card as Paradox Engine.

The Paradox Engine is not the catalyst of such innovation but exists as a product of it. Within the world of Kaladesh, we saw a magical renaissance and rapid industrialization taking homage from the real world impact the steam engine had. It has been included in many lists (over 4,000 on EDHREC and counting), but there have been nearly zero outcries for its banning since. There were calls by a vocal minority for its premature ban from the format. When the previews for Aether Revolt came around at the beginning of the new year there were fears that Paradox Engine would break Commander in the same way that the steam engine broke the real world.

After the initial design by James Watt there were countless improvements, but there have been no developments with as large of an impact on the world since.

Industrialization, creating every modern amenity, would not have been possible without it. It brought the world into the modern era.

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