(The mechanic of the card really removes creatures from the game.) A lot of players miss exactly what the art is showing
The level counters the card owns determine its power, toughness, and sometimes abilities
There's an obvious reason why these cards have increased in value - Edge of Eternities has a new Sliver card, an artifact named Thrumming Hivepool that spits out Sliver tokens (and reimagines them as xenomorph-like creatures, a brilliantly subtle homage)
People keep asking me about Soldiers in Standard, so last week, while I was watching the Pioneer Regional Championships, I decided to build the cheapest version of Soldiers possible$35 Mono-White Soldiersand do some testing for Budget Magic
However, since the creature is face down, it remains a 2/2 colorless creature with no name, types, or abilities, and no mana cost