The reduced hand size doesnt matter much, but you are drawing the cards and not just placing them in your hand, which has positives and negatives, especially against Orcish Bowmasters
These Artist Proof (AP) Edition FOIL cards feature the traditional blank white reverse, reserved for proof copies
Grand Crescendo is ideal for this because it has the protection spell mode, but if you draw it after the board wipe, it helps you rebuild whereas something like Heroic Intervention only works reactively
Magic Weekend Blog, Event Coverage - July 14, 2008 - Wayback Machine Garfield alters - April 26, 2016 - Old School Mtg blog The Duelist #2 (Summer1994)
Illustrated by Steve Prescott Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Not Legal Historic Not Legal Modern Not Legal Brawl Not Legal Legacy Not Legal Comp
But, as my colleague Travis Norman has discussed, I cooled on it after the initial hype