As such, this card was played straight-up despite its drawback
Niko, Light of Hope Born on Theros, Niko is an adventurer and former Planeswalker with the ability to capture their enemies in shards of magical glass
However, the most inciting part about the TCG is its cards which tend to become valuable
preventing only damage dealt to your creatures makes it easy to lure your opponents into seemingly advantageous blocks before blowing them out
Wizards of the Coast wasnt done using Ice Age for a mold of sets to come, it would eventually have a supplemental set, Alliances, which would also later be copied for Mirage and Visions, Tempest and Stronghold and many other set blocks in the future
That said, the card itself is dependent on you having certain types of creatures already on the battlefield