It's a non-creature artifact that costs two generic and one blue mana - but in order to do anything with it, you need to use its activated ability
Buff your entire army with 4 copies of Inspiring Veteran, 3 copies of The Circle of Loyalty, and 3 copies of Silverflame Ritual This deck can easily pump out 20+ damage by turn 4-5, and crush your opponent
It's true that these are the only variations of symbol that will appear, but once you get into the Rare class of cards there are a number of different ways that the card will represent itself
Rebound works this way because the rules for it say that rebound occurs as this spell resolves , and a countered spell doesnt resolve
Also, imagine trying to attack an opponent with six mana up, a bunch of cards in hand, and three payoffs in playitd like be paralyzing, and your opponent could just keep making land drops while building up an even better defense you cant see
2011 to 2013 (Black & White)