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I, too, was a child in the 1980s

I didnt think For ten mana, this card exiles half of an opponents library, gets at least three +1/+1 counters (going by average mana values), making it a 10/10 most of the time when it enters with a Ward - Annihilator 2 level of built-in protection, and, again, likely Annihilator 3 if you exile at least a permanent card with a mana value of three from half your opponents deck (again, this is being conservative)

You can also use Aetherflux Reservoir to burn players out of the game by paying 50 life

Copy a counterspell, or how about a Sublime Epiphany

To illustrate the difference, consider this Hardened Scales list: Creatures (18) Lands (20) Spells (22) 4 Welding Jar 4 Ancient Stirrings 4 Mox Opal 2 Throne of Geth 4 Hardened Scales 1 Evolutionary Leap 3 Animation Module Sideboard In this deck, you only want Throne of Geth after youve cast multiple creatures because putting a counter on a single creature is not worth sacrificing a resource