It has both pivotal lines of text that you need to make a true wall/defender deck work, inverting their damage based on toughness, and allowing defenders to attack
It can smooth out your mana in the early game or find you just the right creature as the game drags out
The potential to dramatically shift the card advantage into your favor makes this a highly dangerous card
Combined with the abilities of characters like Tinker Bell, Generous Fairy and Pongo, Determined Father, you can starve out your opponent by ensuring you always have more cards in hand than them
These cards were traded away over time to my understanding
Death is in the Eyes of the Beholder I Xanathar, Guild Kingpin - $3.37/$4.36 Drown in the Loch - $1.20/$1.87 Bribery - $7.47/$6.68 Stifle - $16/$32 Delay - $2.25/$2.85 Blood Money - $1.05/$1.50 Total - $31.34/$49.26 So this is just the thing Wizards is doing now