To use it, you're going to need some support from a card that reduces its casting cost or gives you the ability to put a creature card from your hand onto the battlefield, like Elvish Piper, and Through the Breach
In the cube the difference between a three mana counter and a two mana one is pretty huge
It had been briefly changed by designers to "typal" for the Tales from Middle-earth set (see "'The Lord of the Rings: Tales from Middle-earth'") to indicate a single creature type, because the word "tribal" had unintended connotations
It is essentially a backup combo piece in the Reanimate decks that doubles up as disruption
The same is true if you activate Millikin's ability while activating another ability
We're really excited to be able to use Historic in a way that gives it its own identity as a format, Parker says, explaining that hes glad its now able to leverage the unique position it occupies