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Hades, Infernal Schemer's ability, Is There A Downside To This?, allows you to put an opposing character facedown into their inkwell

Part of the reason Im being a stickler about this distinction is that there are actual MTG rules about what it means to move a counter, and some niche interactions pop up when you compare moving counters to removing a counter from one thing and putting a counter elsewhere. I can also see a future where we get rules text that references whenever you move one or more counters, which would require precise text on the card

Beyond this edge playability, the card is a joyful reminder of the humour that naturally arises when creatures form so many distinct Planes and settings come together like this

Since it's a mana cheap instant, you can do this in response to targeted or sweeping removal to get cards, as a sacrifice or it can send something to your graveyard about to get exiled by Swords to Plowshares, or to get value out of a chump blocker about to die anyway

I could even see the merit in playing cards like Yoked Ox or Maritime Guard as a way to neutralize smaller creatures while building to the 3-5 mana needed to deploy flying threats

The First Doctors ability to add +1/+1 counters is likely to mostly be used on creatures, but its nifty to think about putting it on Vehicles like the TARDIS