In a summary of the last two points, Mark Rosewater recounts how at Studio X (the tabletop magic R&D team) they expected draft boosters, and therefore limited, to die off because of little demand
Furthermore, according to this item's auction listing on Heritage Auctions' website: On January 9, 1999, the Base Set was released, launching one of the world's most popular trading card games
While this ability can easily throw off many creature-light decks, and can even deal with resilient creatures possessing hexproof or indestructible, Anowon can lead a vampire-themed deck that will have no problem with such an ability
Now it ranks as honorable mention because not only can you drain a lot of life over a few turns, but you can also keep on trucking despite sorcery attempts to take it out
More often than not, youll want an Icetill Explorer in play as soon as possible, but after that, you just start trying to squeeze your opponent of resources
It might end up being a strong sideboard card against certain decks at the very least
