Its estimated that around half of the Pikachu cards released in First Edition and Shadowless Base Sets have red cheeks
It does have an alternate cost, but a 9-mana 7/7 still isnt super exciting, even with annihilator
This seemed okay until players realized that cards were far more valuable than Life - they could kill an opponent with 1 Life as well as 20
You toss on counter on this when it deals damage, not two, but you can untap a land to make mana, force a target dork to not block, or toss a +1/+1 counter to perma-pump the equipped dork
These cards will be presented in pairs, with one of them clearly being less suited for cEDH play than the other
Aangs Journey goes one better because you can Kick it and also grab a Shrine, effectively turning it into a draw 2