As we talked about before, the issue with Gyruda, Doom of Depths is that, discounging a ramp spell on turn two, it locks you into only playing one spell for the first three turns of the game
MtG Invasion Uncommon Dredge #103 Company: Wizards of the Coast Brand: Magic The Gathering Series: Invasion Item Type: Single Card Release Date: October 2000 UPC: Stock #: 598757 Our Guarantees to You, Our Valued Customer
It was nasty bad, and that was in 20 life formats and in 40 life ones like Commander, this is nasty even with the brakes
This version of Lonis functions more as a +1/+1 counter support card, making it much more universally playable
Its not a huge surprise to see both Urza and Mishra in card form here, and its also not a huge surprise to see them as some of the more powerful cards in the set