The Engineering Benefit: This coating seals the ink, preventing oxidation and allowing for a higher "ink density." This makes blacks deeper and colors more vibrant
The comparison to a real ritual like Pyretic Ritual is laughable, and its an ETB effect , the most loopable, repeatable effects in Magic
Put a +1/+1 counter on that creature for each 1 damage prevented this way. Basically, you can just keep turning your Creatures sideways, and theyre going to keep getting bigger, and thats impossible to argue with
My favorite counterspell of all time
If someone tries to board wipe or use targeted removal on it, all you have to do is pay 2 mana, remove a +1/+1 counter, and return it to your hand
This creature deals damage equal to its power to that creature