You can add one loyalty counter to create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with Flying, and remove two loyalty to exile a creature you control and then also exile up to one target creature from every other player
In Conclusion So, there you have it, the 10 Best Soldiers in Magic: The Gathering
At the current box price, thats ~648,000 spent on average to pull one meaning the cards 448,000 market price actually represents a discount versus pulling it yourself
Recoil(with many shout outs to Dismantling Blow, Orim's Thunder, Absorb, Undermine, Aura Mutation, Artifact Mutation, Aether Mutation, Jilt, Agonizing Demise, Probe, and Many More): In some very real ways, this Block was the first time that we had common effects twinned to bonuses such as card drawing, token making, discarding, and more
With cards like Yorion, Sky Nomad, you can blink Out of Time, get your creatures ETB effects, then re-phase the battlefield and get a fresh set of counters
Aside from its mana production and Cycling cost, Twisted Landscape fills the same role as Tranquil