It is the best available creature to reanimate in the Old School 93-94 card pool, and not allowing Fallen Empires for play is one of the significant differences between the Swedish Old School community and much of the rest of the world
Cards that turn downsides into upsides are interesting and powerful, and this one brings plenty of options with it
The statline is not bad necessarily, so it will definitely be a playable card if you need 2-drops, but it does feel a little bit out of place
Sure, its guaranteed to fix your mana immediately, but Ive learned my lesson too many times when my opponents wont give me my Wishclaw Talisman back out of spite, so it wont always reliably return to you
Nothing could be more frustrating back in the day than having your first-turn 5/5 monster turned into a backward Subversion
This includes creatures that entered the battlefield and permanents that became creatures after it resolved