There is a very delicate balance between lands that are essential and need reprinting, and those we could safely avoid further production of
Since the earliest MTG sets ever released, players have used counters to keep track of effects and abilities, including stat changes like +1/+1 or -1/-1, charge counters, loyalty counters and poison counters
It was build up and built to specification
Then, when the Pro Tour was created in January of 1996, it continued to shine, this time, alongside Necropotence, thanks to the restriction of Black Vise
But the real reason I chose this was because I could just imagine Codie himself ascending into legendary god-like status rivaling Nicol Bolas and summoning an apocalyptic end to all those who ignored him
For just two mana you get to: draw two cards, sacrifice something, sacrifice this permanent later, and get a 2/2 creature