Again, adds to your counters and gives you something to do with them
Its a set that can shake up Standard by easing decks into a third color, providing more deckbuilding possibilities and value
Of course, casting a spell that has transmute certainly counts as casting a spell, though transmute is completely irrelevant in that case
Cloud, Midgar Mercenary doesn't have any built-in protection, and a lousy one toughness, so you'll need a handful of ways to protect him
If it copies a creature, Spark Double enters with a +1/+1 counter on it, plus any counters that will be put on it from abilities it copied and other abilities of other objects
BLADEHOLD WAR-WHIP The top five of the year are largely interchangeable, and to say that any one of them is better is obviously just my opinion, but also heavily depends on the type of deck youre going to put them into