As a bonus, in combat, creatures you control with Defender gain Exalted - and we all know that any buff is welcome
However, due to the fast-paced releases in both video games and trading card sets during this time, WOTC decided to focus elsewhere, seeing as there were no more "trading card" focused Pokmon games in the works, and the second Trading Card Game in Japan lost momentum
This led to a shift, with decks like Charizard ex, Buzzwole ex, and Guzzlord ex to step up to the plate, but once again, that's all changed
(It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.) , Remove a counter from The Duke: Put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control
Tinkers with a shoutout to Urza's Saga The best is Tinker, but that's banned here
Since Life Points aren't that important in today's meta, this isn't much of a risk