I think he'd drawn a second copy of a legendary creature he had on the battlefield one too many times, so he did what Magic designers do and designed something you could use in that situation
This card features art which is a callback to the original
Surveilling creatures into the graveyard to recast later by removing blighted -1/-1 counters you put on with its abilities is crazy good
Secret Lair High: Class of 87 Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait EDHREC: 11241 as Commander, 75k as card Special Printings: none Anje Falkenrath EDHREC: 4843 as Commander, 6700 as card Special Printings: none Chulane, Teller of Tales EDHREC: 7636 as Commander, 31k as card Special Printings: none Radha, Heart of Keld EDHREC: 837 decks as Commander, 16k as card Special Printings: FEA ($1.50) Weve had some unusual frames for cards, but it is an incredible choice to go all the way to the 1987 aesthetic for this
halycon330: I bought a UK booster box last May and I was lucky enough to pull the big 3 among others and get Charizard/Venusaur back as 10s, Blastoise as a 9 among others as 9s all 4th prints
add 1 monster with the same Attribute that has 2400 ATK/1000 DEF, from your Deck or GY to your hand, then you can apply this effect