This higher life total makes games longer, more resilient, and allows for bigger, more dramatic plays to unfold
If you turn over an Insect, Grist gets an extra counter, and you repeat the process
It's not exactly ramp or card draw, yet it fulfills the purpose of both
But unlike with planeswalkers, the general idea isn't to cast them, protect them, and hope they stick around
In a set with so many -1/-1 Blight counter effects, this is an easy way to remove them all from said creature
The only difference is the small planeswalker symbol on the lower corner, so we had to create a brand new classifier that should be able to differentiate one type to the other