It lets you dig five deep and cloak two cards, which should ideally be a morph or disguise-capable creature
The wording on it makes the card extremely flexible
The way the combo works is that you suit up Broodscale with Sadistic Glee, get a counter on Broodscale, and you can sacrifice the token it makes to Sadistic Glee
Now, why the hullabaloo, you ask
In those days, a popular sequence was to open with Dark Ritual into a Black Knight or pump knight, with a Thrull Retainer to make an immediate threat that beat both Swords to Plowshares and Lightning Bolt
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