It's expensive, but the fail case here is 7 mana for 4 2/2 tokens, and you're likely to put counters on a bunch of other stuff too
Wrong Back or Mixed Cards Every now and then, sheets from different games get mixed up at the factory, leading to legendary oddities like a Pokmon card printed with a Magic back
(Only if the target has a Level) until the End Phase, this card's Level, also its name, become the same as that monster's
The top 2 are very close, closer than in past sets
There's some rare cards here like the red tutor creature Imperial Recruiter and stax card Grand Abolitier (why didn't they pick something with double strike if they were going to call this card Dual-Bladed Hunter?)
As Magic got better at communicating story (or at least a feeling ) through its cards, the need for books telling traditional narratives diminished