The companion ability has no effect if the card isn't revealed as your companion at the start of the game, and it creates no restrictions on putting a card with a companion ability into your starting deck
However, these have kept the same art style throughout, showing Talrand on a small rock in the sea
Spreading around +1/+1 counters gives you a fantastic buff, even if you lose the enchantment, and doubling those counters only makes your defenders more formidable
It is about planting a doubt
These reprints are actually pretty good, so we each picked one that we were excited to see
Enchanted creature has "Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature." When enchanted creature dies, look at the top X cards of your library, where X is its power