If you could afford to kick it, it allowed you to draw three cards in addition to getting a 3/5 flier
It's also very tough to permanently remove: if it dies, it returns to it's owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step, ready to cause havoc again
So, again, we have two relatively similar cards with the only difference being that one has Explore, and one has Surveil
Black Auras in MTG rarely offer this kind of self-sustaining loop, making this white enchantment uniquely powerful
While it is tempered somewhat by the fact you can only spend mana on activated abilities, theres one baked into the card: a one off pseudo-omniscience effect
Its always tempting to swap out what seem like the worst cards and add in popular format staples, but that might be a mistake here