Thankfully, while its shocking that so many MTG cards are being banned so suddenly, there is a fairly simple explanation to it all
If you want to get them to grade and resell, probably not a terrible idea
If you've never traded a new release before, don't start with this one early-set flipping has a tight execution window and the downside is sitting on a $100 raw card while pop counts climb
Powercreep is powercreep, so fine by me, except for effect 2, which is truly brutal
The Reserved List was basically a promise to the community. In the mid-90s, the most expensive Magic cards were worth a couple hundred dollars
In any case, this is a nice, cozy battle card that wouldn't be surprising if it sees a meta debut outside Standard