To me, as someone who knows nothing about design or colour theory, the thing that stands out most to me in the 2D-3D psychodrama is vibrancy (pic related). Now most of the in-game models and TCG art are all desaturated and
Look at the colours on the left versus the right, here:
>>51191774 Even in just colour terms, left looks dynamic, powerful, rare, and imposing. Right loses the bold blue, red and tan. Right is a desaturated thumb.