Thats been my personal thought on Haliya, Guided by Light, at least from a Commander perspective
But one yet remains, and it's the darkest of the trio
Even more than just providing added value, persist is particularly interesting in the ways it interacts with +1/+1 counters among other effects
Legends was the first set to give players ownership of not only the cards in their decks, but to provide them with characters they could associate with and imagine being in the fray each game
(Remember this is Disney, so theres no fighting or death, just challenging and banishing!) Alternatively, characters can quest to add their Lore value (the pips on the right side of the text box) to your score
We cant count how many times we went up against an opponent with a Moltres EX that instantly began farming fire energy for a Charmander and eventually a Charizard EX while we languished, praying wed draw our Dragonair so we could get our powerful Dragonite rolling