This won't be too much of an issue if you're playing non-rotating formats like Standard, but fans of Modern or Commander will be up to their knees in MTG elves cards
As Aladdin has a Shift ability, it can instead be played for 5 Ink rather than 7 if you play it on top of another Aladdin card that you already have in play
Its worth pointing out that the whole Shadowless design was a North America-exclusive thing, so naturally 1st Edition releases elsewhere in the world would all be Shadowed forms
Now you do need to have a location in your hand for his effect to do anything, but with some smart mulliganing and/or a good amount of draw, that should be consistently achievable on curve
For example, if a token enters the battlefield as a copy of Boon-Bringer Valkyrie, that backup ability can have another creature gain its keywords until end of turn
All jokes aside, did you learn anything interesting