The five colleges are back, each with their own unique look, feel, and magic focus
After all, there are a lot of Vintage cards that cost four or more that are pretty important to hit with Thoughtseize
If a creature with a shield counter loses its abilities, the shield counter will still protect it as normal.
Its 10/10 worth of stats, spread across three bodies, plus even if its somehow blocked by enough creatures to kill it, youve still got 8/8 across four bodies to show for it (to say nothing of the two or three creatures it took to take it down)
What makes it so great is that its easy to recur, tutor for, flicker, and clone