And thanks to The Vorthos Cast and their supply of resources, I felt very prepared for the unavoidable card linked to the art
Check for tight, uniform Bandai cellophane with no bubbling, verify the UPC against the known code for that set, inspect the box seams for clean alignment, and be suspicious of any out-of-print box listed near MSRP
That is, he changes states based on external criteria but there are a large number of iterations
Removing blockers is something we can do in blue in a tempo way
In addition, he is a great Ally support card as it gives Allies we control Menace and Prowess
Sure, Populate was fine in Standard - this article from 2013 is a nice snapshot of the kinds of things I was doing with Voice of Resurgence at the time, and Ryan did a lot of work with the build