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Only adding counters after saddling weakens the card dramatically

Pyroconvergence and Hold the Gates were pretty weak engines in Return to Ravnica and Gatecrash, but they provided different things to value and could pay off big-time

Soft-countering any spell unless an opponent pays 1 shouldnt have been such a huge problem, until you realize you can play it for free and easily get it back from your graveyard or draw into another copy

And even with the knowledge gained, it is not always possible to correctly distinguish those treasured first edition Pokmon cards

Test prints make it into the public's hands either through error, or more commonly through people with connections to former WotC employees