Granted, its non-tokens only, but at minimum creatures that already enter with counters come in with more, and any deck relying on counters (energy, experience, etc.) gets a steady flow of extra counters simply by playing creatures
GENERIC MANA costs are represented by a number
Thanks to this detail, the value of the card will always be limited in some regard
Since only one spell per turn is castable, counters are nasty, and thus an uncounterable draw win con here is powerful there and your dorks tend to be nasty size so you can go really big, really quickly
I dont have enough to buy most things from the 1st edition base set, but maybe there are a few bits I can pick up
Its the kind of slow-burn payoff that rewards you for building wide