getting in a hit with an annihilator Eldrazi is game-warping enough that losing the clone a turn or two later doesnt matter
Gilgamesh, Master-at-Arms Giglameshs card advantage and mana cheating are powerful as it gets equipment out cheap, and skips the equip cost, giving him an advantage over Godo, Bandit Lord
You can always fire it off to blank something that targets you, too, since it gives a player hexproof in addition to small creatures
Summer Magic: Summer magic was intended to fix a whole bunch of printing errors from Revised
1 Fog, Darkness, And Holy Day Are The Platonic Fogs Despite the myriad ways that Wizards of the Coast have attempted to improve upon the idea of a fog effect, it's hard to argue that the original Fog isn't still one of the best ones
Design Modern Magic expansions have very strong and very explicit mechanical themes each explores and fleshes out