pokemon trading card game standard Rules Version 2 Booklet Original Owner 1990s Nintendo Pokémon Rule Book Ultra Pro Pokemon Trading Card

Technically ramp decks are threat light if you consider all ramp effects to be entirely non-threats

If that card's mana value is less than or equal to the number of experience counters you have, return it to the battlefield

Thancred Waters This flashing fun five-drop on an okay-sized 3/5 body which is a great combat trick with the ability to make a legendary dork indestructible and then it stays as long as you control this dork

In the context of its time, it was very likely necessary to keep the game alive

This card came about because we asked ourselves "What would red's Ancestral Recall look like?" The interesting thing about allowing you to draw more cards with this ability is that it scales down slightly as you get more cards because the turn restriction limits how much mana you have available to cast the spells