To be fair, both versions of the card have a lot going for them artwork wise with the Legendary version itself being a beautiful and intruguging card
exiled) cuts off the potential for emergent interactions with other sets, while the vague description that phased permanents are treated as if they dont exist was at odds with the much more careful and legal-ese approach to rules text which had developed over the 2000s
You can keep removing counters from Urabrask, The Akroan War, or Elesh Norn
Connive If a creature you control connives, draw a card, then discard a card
It enters with twice that many +1/+1 counters on it.) At the beginning of your upkeep, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token for each +1/+1 counter on this creature
Making Magic cheaper and more accessible to a wider range of players is a battle worth fighting, but buying, selling, and supporting counterfeit cards simply isn't the right way to fight it