This treatment was first used in Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
Kastral, the WindcrestedKastral, the Windcrested players are clamoring to get their copy of Hermes
At the beginning of your upkeep, each original thallid you control gains a spore counter
The characters five-health stat will also make it more difficult for players to take it down in a challenge, with a lot of the smaller damage actions and song cards - like Let the Storm Rage On - not quite taking the card out
As soon as the job select triggered ability resolves, it creates the token and the equipment immediately auto-attaches to the token without giving priority to anybody (not even you!)
Its a cool idea, and better executed here than in previous sets, but you are still hurting by playing against the flow of this slower, less aggressive format