Its a cheap and useful counterspell, and given the sheer amount of Legendary Creatures in most decks these days, its not the biggest deal to sometimes pay this additional cost
If youd rather support your LGS, just ask them to hold one or add it to their next order
He does, however, have the Ward keyword, which means that he cannot be targeted by the effect of any action or card ability, if it allows a player to choose a character to damage, banish or affect in any way
Do keep in mind, though, that they are not the same character
The idea is that at individual scales the additional load is ignorable, but at mass scraper levels it adds up and makes scraping much more expensive
And, eventually, I defeated Garland