It might not have the combo potential of Orvar, the All-Form, nor the sheer power of Urza, Lord High Artificer, but this is a deeply blue card
Creatures target player controls get +1/+1 and gain haste until end of turn
Theres even a very recognizable style of fantasy that gets called Tolkienesque, even though it can be argued that most Tolkienesque fantasy at best takes the most superficial aspects of Tolkiens work, usually missing the more interesting and deep aspects of the books
After all, there are better, cheaper tutor options out there for those willing to pay
Before I really did the math, it was hard to resist occasionally picking a Gate Colossus over Smothering Tithe, Mirror March, or Immolation Shaman, etc
More than one mage was driven insane by the sound of the Millstone relentlessly grinding away