Time Spiral was so pitch-perfect that it was remastered years later in the wonderful draft set Time Spiral Remastered
Not long ago, Imperial Oath surprised us all by being strong enough to buck this trend, but I dont think The Crystal's Chosen is anywhere near as good
What makes it great, however, is that escape ability, which lets you cast it directly from the graveyard so long as you can find eight other cards to discard
While the two keywords are similar, Shroud is symmetrical
A 2/2 with trample and haste isnt amazing for 3 mana, but the fact that it fetches a basic land by doing combat damage to an opponent is, especially in the early turns of a game when boards might still be devoid of blockers
Sounds simple, but this is genuinely the best way to start