The roots preserved the armor for a hundred years, safeguarding it for a traveler in need
Being able to remove whatever nonland card for just one mana and two life is really key: you can play it on turn one to map whatever your opponent is doing, you can delay it to snipe a Lurrus or to jam your combo immediately Its hard to say how much I love this card and how much I think its an egregious design
Its implicitely in the same category as the white blank filler card in your Not so honorable mentions then
Sorceress's Schemes is a red uncommon that pulls other instants or sorcery cards out of the graveyard or even exile, and - with the right helpers - creates an infinite loop that will ping your opponent to death
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(Put two +1/+1 counters on target creature) (target player creates a 1/1 green Quirrel creature token.) (Target opponent sacrifices a nontoken artifact) Rootcast Apprenticeship seems disappointing at best