A two-mana, two-power first strike creature is already passing the vanilla test (especially in 2009), but when it can also produce a turn 3 Marit Lage 20/20 indestructible flying token, its a little bit much
I'm going to do it a bit differently today
And to simply dismiss it as a joke that says, well, if you dont have a middle name, Dont run Moniker Mage! still seems like a joke that went terribly wrong, and now people have to be reminded of it every time they see the card
They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Flying, first strike Whenever this creature mutates, you may cast target noncreature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard without paying its mana cost
With the power level of most cards ratcheted up sky-high, bombs flew left and right, often swinging the game like a pendulum every turn
Any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the chosen permanent will also work