At the cost of three, he is fairly playable and has a high defense of four for when he is challenged
The alien Stitch, meanwhile, can Shift to be played for a lower cost - four instead of six - on top of a Stitch card already on the field
Once Sephiroth flips, which is easy to achieve with an Accursed Marauder or any kind of Grave Pact effect, the Blood Artist effect becomes permanent, and you get access to a terrifying 5/5 Flier that can draw you several cards a turn
Ward is a strong ability to have on your side, so the fact that you can grant this aid to all your characters is undervalued
The Great Henge Notice a trend here
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