Further, I like that it encourages you to play creatures with flash to get more out of its first ability, and I love that it punishes players who play too much on other peoples turns
Those have absolutely nothing to do with all the stuff I've been talking about, they are just using Elder Dragon to mean Old Dragon, thus bringing my story nicely full circle, since that was how the term was used all the way back in that later-ret-conned story in the Tapestries anthology
It also randomly hoses dredge decks in hyper-powerful formats, since they play so few mana sources while putting tons of creatures in play
And all that for one mana
Forgotten Ancient appears in virtually every +1/+1 counter deck for good reason: It goes insanely hard with any counter doubler and produces a stream of counters for your other creatures
Utvara Hellkite Listed at : $5.75 Despite its relative age and a handful of reprints, Utvara Hellkite has retained much of its value across its 10-year lifespan