"On Malric, I do agree that Tarsa essentially replaced Malric and gave it far fewer chances to play in Wild League. And since they are both rares then I think that wasn't the best choice. (NOTE: I don't design the game so I have no idea if that was necessary though for Modern League balance)"

He took away all chances to play for Malric IMO cause their is no format for beta-cards at all.
I mean they could design something else like +1 melee and +1 shield, so f.e. in the unprotected-ruleset Malric would be still better.
But obvisiouly they don't think about this point, it is no problem for them to make a card useless they have sold for me.
IMO they think that they have the money already why they should think about the people who spent it anymore.

If you see Sabre Shark an Palicor Bandit it is the same, the bring a new Sabre Shark with the same state and additional flying ability - what they thought when they done this ?