Thats a lot of hoops to jump through just to get a legend onto the field, but at least it lasts until your next turn, so cards like Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant have a whole round to punish your opponents before they revert back to whatever they were
Yip yip
Giants offer a straightforward yet impactful playstyle, emphasizing brute force to overwhelm opponents
If you cast the spell and choose not to copy it, no opponent will get to copy it either
That scales so poorly compared to cards like Black Knight from Alpha, let alone comparable cards from the last couple of expansions like Knight of Stromgald or Order of the Ebon Hand
And this meant combat damage would happen first, and then, only after that, would the life gain trigger(s) attempt to resolve afterward