While it has frequently been maindecked, its also been a popular sideboard card, perfect for grinding out attrition-based post-sideboard games, such as the Kithkin deck Cedric Phillips piloted to a top 8 finish in PT Kyoto 2009: Creatures (20) Planeswalkers (4) Lands (25) Spells (11) Sideboard Nowadays, the idea of aggro decks slowing down and going bigger after sideboarding is commonplace, but Cedrics use of it here was especially futuristic for that time period
Japanese artists and illustrators have created amazing new artwork for many cards in the Chocobo Bundle (including the Snapcaster Mage card), and art on many of the cards features cameos of the favored feathered fowl
Given the cards and packs inside are nearly exactly the same, wed prefer a sealed one
If a permanent that's already on the battlefield without time counters on it becomes a copy of a permanent with vanishing, it will stay on the battlefield indefinitely (unless time counters are somehow put on it later)
Buster Sword feels like a strong option for grinding value