Once you give opponents that first rad counter, your goal should be to proliferate as much as possible
But at a high cost he could be clunky and an obvious play at eight ink
Unless your opponents are jamming alternate win conditions like Maze's End, youre unlikely to lose if you can cast this card
Also, with the printings of new removal spells which are heavily played, the format is not truly missing out on interaction to deal with a 2/1
The next set, Conflux , brought Nicol Bolas, which accomplished a couple firsts
#4 The One Ring (Unserialized) Even though players can access one of these cards in each Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth bundle, they are still obscenely expensive