And, even worse, sometimes they intentionally print cards that are toned down because they are worried about pushing the envelope, like most of the split cards in Ravnica and the Aftermath cards in Amonkhet
I also think this card is a bit underplayed
The trader wouldn't hear any of it, however, and vehemently rejected the man's excuses even as the latter continued to apologise
"We're not trying to accidentally ruin [Legacy and Vintage] by casually printing hyper-powerful cards into them." What happened is the team, for all of these, they sat down at the very beginning and just started going through everything Magic's done and saying is there a fit? Heggen explains
Me : I added "Hmm." That means it's an interesting question to think about
But how bad is that relative to the general threat of any other looter just dying the turn you cast it anyway