Sapphires secondary theme is items matter
And while Magic has featured other video game crossovers in the past (hello, Assassins Creed and Fallout !), with the way this set is constructed, from card mechanics to art, you can tell this one is a developer favorite, sure to appeal to the massive chunk of people who love both games
If you have multiples of Dragoons Lance and Red Mages Rapier (by far the most powerful of the equipment cards in terms of pressuring life totals early) and copies of Suplex or Slash of Light to force through those attacks, you can go all-in with finishers like Unexpected Request and Zidane, Tantalus Thief to steal games before the opponent gets going
The playmats are neoprene and are solid quality
You'd drive for about 90 minutes, take a ferry, and then drive another 45 minutes to get there
Final Fantasy does have land based magic with geomancy being present in the Tactics games, but to tie them with monks