I haven't played enough to realize that was missing. That's a bummer.

To be honest I'm not surprised but still disappointed that in 2022 no game has managed to top/compared
to the original MoM magic item creation.

1994-ish
-start with a sprite
-depending on the spells added, added a specific colored aura

2022--
the new system has several sprite icons and some with ...

sounds like you are thinking of early Civ games