A blank corner with corrected stats suggests a removed rarity symbol on a later print, a counterfeit tactic
With persist, if the creature doesnt have any -1/-1 counters it returns to the battlefield with one
Urza, Chief Artificer Most of the time, youll be casting Urza, Chief Artificer just for 3 mana, thanks to its affinity ability, and while giving menace to other artifact creatures is nice, Id have loved for its final ability to be triggered on ETB rather than at your end step so you can blink it and endlessly create an army
Counterspell itself isn't the end of the world if you can have the double blue reasonably consistently
Let me know over on Bluesky or X
It's one of the coolest-looking cards in the set, and that says a lot considering it's a fire-type Pokmon