Its more expensive then the previous draw 3, lose 3 cards probably for this very reason
Oathkeeper, Takeno's Daisho Market Price: $16.86 This isn't our first member of the Never Been Reprinted Club Konda's Banner has that honor, and Eiganjo Castle does, too, if you don't count The List but this looks like a card that may never see another printing, unless it's in some sort of Samurai-themed Secret Lair , because its ability is so specific
To start with, liches and zombies are metal
You can play them more in aggro than the white cards but they work against your redundancy, consistency and reach
Enter Vizier of Remedies, which causes it to not place that counter and thus untap as much as you want, and Hazel's Brewmaster, which copies the Druid's abilities onto a Food token which can't die from -1/-1 counters since it's not a creature
Add that with the two lore, its clear this card is really just meant to cause destruction