Skaff Elias on the creation of Antiquities

In my overview of the history of the storyline I mentioned an article from the old comic Urza-Mishra War #1, in which designer Skaff Elias talked in detail about how the oldest sets and storylines in general, and Antiquities in specific, were created. I thought that would be a nice thing to share with you all, so... here it is, straight from the comic!

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