That calm energy gives the card an emotional quality
Also, I wouldn't say it's dead while the opponent has no Linked monsters: even Tribute Summoning it with only your monsters will break even after the x2 card pop, plus it becomes a 2800-ATK beater, and that's quite solid on its own, and thus remains splashable
Its such a versatile mechanic that it is better to memorize how to deal with each significant type of counter individually rather than apply a standard rule to all of them
The Base Set cards were originally printed between 1999 and 2000, and was even reprinted as a completely new set (called Base Set 2) with some additional cards from other sets
Unlike the previous set, this grabs your deck so you built around it
Greetz, Quuador Of course, bud