Pushing the impactful cards to higher rarities helps make the games more even-keeled in Limited because of card as-fans (the rate at which a certain card or subset of cards show up within an average booster pack) and in casual Constructed because of card availability
Maybe flat out denial is more into whites ballpark for an effect like this
[37] If theres a large misprint, like if the art is somehow printed at an angle or cut off by the edges, then the card may actually be more valuable since these errors are usually caught during manufacturing
MaRo himself has said that he supported the idea of updating the old cards but it was eventually rejected
Can you not feel it? Illustrated by Clint Cearley Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Legal Historic Legal Modern Legal Brawl Legal Legacy Legal Comp
Recently printed in the 2021 set Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (and very reminiscent of Champion of the Parish from the original Innistrad), Champion of the Perished grows with the game, with each other zombie that enters the battlefield placing a +1/+1 counter on it