Individually these effects are marginal: but combined they form a card that was so good, many non-red blue base decks started playing red just to get it (plus Flametongue Kavu, to be perfectly fair)
A massively impactful combo piece (see below) across a few formats, Displacer Kitten first debuted in Commander Legends: Battle for Baldurs Gate in 2022, and the most inexpensive version of the card is still worth well over $20, which is fitting for this cute kitty
by spending money on him (and one or two enabler cards) you can build a deck from dirt cheap cards
But in your quest for authenticity, there are two tests you should never perform, and they are the bend test and the rip test
Keeping a disruption-heavy hand can be acceptable, such as in Tron with multiple Oblivion Stones, but it is risky