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I could even see the merit in playing cards like Yoked Ox or Maritime Guard as a way to neutralize smaller creatures while building to the 3-5 mana needed to deploy flying threats

Beyond this edge playability, the card is a joyful reminder of the humour that naturally arises when creatures form so many distinct Planes and settings come together like this

Hades, Infernal Schemer's ability, Is There A Downside To This?, allows you to put an opposing character facedown into their inkwell

Part of the reason Im being a stickler about this distinction is that there are actual MTG rules about what it means to move a counter, and some niche interactions pop up when you compare moving counters to removing a counter from one thing and putting a counter elsewhere. I can also see a future where we get rules text that references whenever you move one or more counters, which would require precise text on the card

An armoured character does the titular Reforging above a Demon-infested lava pit, a statue of what may well be one of their blacksmith ancestors visible in the foreground