Once you have enough counters, you can play the discarded card, but a 2/1 is at the same time very fragile, so its hard to reach that state
Flavor Text "Soon all will cower before the superior intellect of Doctor Octopus!" P/T Number 128 Language English Legal Formats Alchemy, Brawl, Commander, Competitive Brawl, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Timeless, Vintage Rulings (9/19/2025) Your maximum hand size is checked only during the cleanup step of your turn
Thraben Inspector happens to work very well with Exemplar, putting another body along with the artifact needed to pump it to a 3/2 during combat
There are better token anthems out there, but this background helps to keep your deck on-budget
All of these 'less-traditionally-human' fairies would all be consolidated under 'Ouphe'
While early Magic lacked many of the incredibly powerful creatures you see today, there were still a good number of targets back in the day like: Shivan Dragon Treskelion Sengir Vampire Given the strength of these cards, it's easy to see why Animate Dead is still highly valued and highly played