The ETB that gathers a food and the bit about being a giant deathtoucher make this a late-game beast that demands respect, and is quite useful if you can turn it into a beast of burden
While the most involved Magic players may have digested it already, it's taking time to trickle out and be adapted by the broader community
Having another effect on Repudiate / Replicate raises the playability, and the token can even be populated
He'll let you prevent all damage that would be dealt to a target creature with a +1/+1 counter on it, useful if you've already got Kyler handing out counters like there's no tomorrow
6 Madam Mim - Elephant 44/204, Amethyst More than anything else, Madam Mim - Elephant is simply difficult to deal with
(If it would be dealt damage or destroyed, remove a shield counter from it instead.) You may cast Merfolk spells as though they had flash