2021-06-18 Typecycling is a form of cycling
Sure, he costs the controller some life when he deals damage, but if you manage to transform him you are likely to get that life back and apply even more pressure
This synergises very nicely with Squidward as a way to get card draw while building up the poison counters, or can protect Gary from any targeted removal by your opponents
Any power- or toughness-setting effects that start to apply after the ability resolves will overwrite this effect
4 Massacre Girl, Known Killer (Showcase) (Invisible Ink) Foil Value - $38.12 A delightfully wicked update to the character only known as Massacre Girl, Known Killer, this card takes her -1/-1 trick from her days in War of the Spark and gives it a permanent upgrade in Murder at Karlov Manor
This is best in a theft deck like the recent Grand Larceny deck