However, for just one more mana you get lifelink and it forces a discard when it attacks
Three mana for a 1/1 flyer that stuns something is probably already a playable card especially in a format with a Faerie deck and some payoffs for tapping things, so the fact that you also have the option of just playing this on turn one makes this a nice Common One of the downsides with counter magic that gives your opponent the option of paying mana to ignore it is that it gets worse as the game goes longer, but the Faerie upside here helps hedge against that
It did that, just only half-way
The fan-favorite creature type returns to green and black with new cards, reprints, and a new-to-Standard reprint that was previously only available in a Commander product
6B, T, Exile a creature you control: Harness The Soul Stone
It just didn't make any sense that a wizard would summon a shark in the middle of a land-based battle