When you remove the last defense counter, battles are exiled and then cast transformed, but lands aren't cast
That draw trigger isnt just flavor text either
As for Universes Within, there are great decks from Tarkir Dragonstorm, Modern Horizons 3, Bloomburrow, and Januarys Lorwyn Eclipsed - nice
People wanted this version specifically and they made it a bonus card. They understood what everyone wanted the counterspell to look like but decided theyre going to make it a GAMBLE if you get it, notes u/Apprehensive_Debate3 in one of the most upvoted comments My god, and you know this thing is gonna be like 10 times the price of the normal one. They don't want to lose reprint equity by putting a $30 print in a $30 lair, but they want to turn the drops into a lottery to create future FOMO a la Fallout Mana Vault or Miku Snapcaster Mage, says u/easchner
Though its overnight success spawned legions of new CCGs and TCGs (which are the same thing, just with different names!), most other games launched in the 90s fell by the wayside and were eventually discontinued
