Im bumping this up an entire letter grade just based on how high its quality seems to be relative to reds other creatures
Wizards has expanded the concept to include broader special treatments like alternate art, textured foils, borderless frames, anime-style illustrations, and etched finishes
Swap spore for fade counters and here we go, this is flipped saproling card because you start off big and get smaller, as you go wide
Thats a lot of hoops to jump through just to get a legend onto the field, but at least it lasts until your next turn, so cards like Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant have a whole round to punish your opponents before they revert back to whatever they were
Returning any artifact from the graveyard to the top of your library for a simple investment of 2 mana (plus tapping the Ruins) is heady stuff