This things pretty darn tasty
Its reasonably costed, and comes with a hideaway clause, too
But playing it on its own and then having to move something there at full cost
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That does some wild stufffor example, it gets Marsh Flats back twice for actual land ramp in Orzhov, it lets you feed cards like Dusk Legion Zealot into a Warren Soultrader multiple times, or it wrings the most value possible from cards like Boromir, Warden of the Tower and Dauthi Voidwalker
Zygon Infiltrator won't copy any counters on the creature, but it will retain any counters it already had on it