This is fascinating. It seems obvious that this game was the direct inspiration for MtG, as Richard Garfield was a huge card game fanatic, and the number of unique effects it has in common (wraths, bounce, etc.) that are so iconic in MtG.
I thought the same thing! I had the incredible privilege to chat with Richard and even play some Cuttle with him on the site and the way he explained it was that there must have been shared influences between himself and whoever created Cuttle
