It doesnt do anything for two turns, which is a hefty downside, but since its a 1-drop that shouldnt be too bad
Some people like this, but in my opinion its a sloppy and lazy way around editing the previous artwork, and now it just looks like Gengar is standing in the middle of nothing, which may be fitting, seeing as it's a ghost-type
You can remove counters from persist creatures like Puppeteer CliquePuppeteer Clique or Devoted DruidDevoted Druid type creatures to make Treasures
Sauron, the Dark Lord is protected by perhaps the strongest version of ward in print, but he isn't invincible
It sounds simple enough, especially since synergies like this are baked into almost all avenues of Magic these days, but this gameplay loop was still fairly novel when Urzas Destiny released