In a set like Final Fantasy , this is effectively just a 3/2 that creates a token on attacking
Pristine Talisman, on the other hand, is supremely uninteresting in most decks
How similar the cards in a cycle are to one another vary from cycle to cycle: Some cycles have obvious and strict patterns among them (such as the battlemages from Planeshift set
So when you see a card that is strictly superior to a card that used to see play (say, anything better than Shatter), that might give you an edge (or at least a clue) in new-card evaluation
This is different to some other double-faced cards, such as Siege battles and Sagas, that exile themselves before coming in transformed
(You may put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control.) Exile the top two cards of your library