Lessons allow you to earthbend 1 and add an additional counter, and all of this synergizes with additional +1/+1 counter cards
Three Stun counters is a long time to lock down your opponents best creature, and having the flexibility to use it to play this is a "Suspend" creature that draws you two cards immediately makes this one of the more versatile offering in the set
The card-advantage package (life gained = cards) Lifegain that refills your hand keeps you from running out of gas
The leak in question came via European online TCG store Bazaar of Magic
In practice, it turns into a tool for fixing clunky hands, digging for answers, and setting up your next turns with way more control than a 1-mana spell should probably allow
It can enter play in an exerted state, and when an opposing character challenges they must choose one of the player's cards with a bodyguard