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This opens up the creature to being removed to prevent the effect, which totally blows you out, so be careful

These Time Counters convert into damage, or potentially removal that can further grow the Time Counters on The War Doctor

A year later during Urzas Saga design, we looked into our box of spare mechanics and pulled out echo (also from Tempest design) and cycling

Causing Wildsear to leave the battlefield after you've cast an enchantment spell from your hand won't stop that spell's cascade ability from resolving

February 1, 2002

Its trying to make two different audiences happy at the same time and its led to us making a set full of very odd compromises. While there were some other factors involved, including wanting to make the Magic story permeate all products and not really having the release slot for a core set, it was this issue about a core sets audience that ultimately led them to retiring them for several years