And in most cases this is still true, but if your deck is focused entirely on getting extra value out of Treasure tokens or tokens in general (Chatterfang, Squirrel General), this goes from terrible to playable
Starting Town Land Town This land enters tapped unless it's your first, second, or third turn of the game
scan cards and/or fetch prices, data processing may take place
Its costed well for Standard constructed, yet is worth trying in Modern
An ability like this needs to reward you for playing into a major disadvantage, not force you into it just so you can play your cards
Riot gives you the flexibility to choose haste for immediate pressure or a +1/+1 counter for extra staying power, and it passes that choice along to all your other spiders