On top of that, the ability to scale its damage with additional mana makes it a flexible tool in the mid-to-late game
Zegana also pairs really well with high-powered green cards like Ghalta, Primal Hunger, which can enter the field before Zegana and give you 12 cards in hand and 12 +1/+1 counters
If your opponent attacked with two 3/3's, he would both be dead
Core sets always had the issue that they werent as popular with players as other Standard sets, often lacking a creative theme for players to get excited about, or just not having many new cards
And while Pinocchio has some clear advantages over this Pirate Piglet card (it has three lore value on its own without needing other conditions met), Piglet also has some definite advantages of its own
Before you ask, the card was not foil