Wizards had only officially started supporting the format a few years before and didn't really know how to design for the format, which led to a string of super-overpowered mechanics and cards
The recursion ability ices the cake: It makes it awfully hard to keep this threat down in the 99, and it cheats the command tax if you let it lead your cell into battle
Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper is featured in a deck below, but before you scroll down there, you should know that gaining life equal to a creature's toughness is big game, even if it's a small reward for getting through to an opponent
Each opponent attacking that player does the same
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Plaxcaster Frogling Plaxcaster Frogling is a wonderful protection card for Simic builds