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Combined with his ability to profit from his fallen comrades, and you have a win in terms of both flavor and function

The Card: A misprint on a popular, playable card (like a Lightning Bolt), a Reserved List card, or an iconic card from Magics early days will always have a higher potential value

Magic: The Gathering took things a step further by giving the card Sephiroth, Fabled Soldier, the ability to sacrifice one of your creatures for a benefit

There are a few permanents that offer more doubling up of counters, as well as ones that save counters from removed creatures, but even without these, Counter Blitz is very powerful right out of the box

A German Drudge Skeletons printed directly over a Swamp, or a Swamp that magically learned how to regenerate