All the quality-of-life elements and generous features also help avoid much of the feeling of being left behind by stronger cards
(6/6/2025) Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keywords (such as prowess) are triggered abilities and will use "when," "whenever," or "at" in their reminder text
If the exploring creature is removed before the explore effect resolves, you will still explore if the effect didnt target anything like if the creature itself just said it explores when it enters the battlefield
It provides players with risk-free aggression since defeating the card only serves to accelerate the controller's ink pool
An Unusual Form Of Ramp If that were all Ghost Town could do, it would still be a pretty spicy MTG card
I think it is a fair card for green to have given the ubiquity of good counterspells in Modern