Five ink and being unsinkable is a big ask, but in any go-wide deck full of lots of characters questing, itll be one of the biggest sources of lore drain you have at your disposal
Multiple activations of cards like Zimone and Dina and Magus Lucea Kane quickly get out of hand, making this a pretty useful little card for a mere 2 mana
That gets way stronger with enchantments like Utopia Sprawl that allow your lands to tap for 1 or more mana or lands that innately tap for lots of mana, like Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Past sets certainly had chase cards go for more in the early days of the release
If a creature with a shield counter loses its abilities, the shield counter will still protect it as normal
Booster packs include 12 randomized cards consisting of six common, three uncommon, two rare/super rare/legendary, and one foil card of any rarity level