The risk-reward of this card stops it from being near the top for now, as you could theoretically pay a high cost to boost the power of a creature just for them to be removed, but that's where your understanding of the game and being aware of your opponents' mana comes into play
The majority of the creatures in this deck are all artifact creatures, mirroring how the Necrons have all been converted to metallic bodies ages ago
When this was printed, there existed only one creature that had Plainswalk: Righteous Avengers, another piss-poor card from a piss-poor set
[c]Thalia, Guardian of Thraben[/c] makes noncreature spells cost more
Even in the big creature cards, we tried to work in other game elements, characters, or moments to harken back to the player's first time facing off against iconic enemies like the Jumbo Cactuar
It then triggers descend, which is a nice added bonus