For the longest time, players had a quite unfair option to shut down all GY effects, but Konami decided that Abyss Dweller was an unfair card , and it is currently not legal in competitive play
Undead Augur Undead Augurs in that same category as the 3-drop card advantage creatures, but its a 2-drop, and is actually relevant for a certain black devotion wincon
We ended up with a lot of "cast Vererated Teacher with no level-up creatures" games, which weren't really fun or exciting
This was also the first expansion set featuring the 6th Edition rules changes, and Mark Rosewater designed the set single-handedly
It can be touched, and even if it is other than that, you can convert "Generaider" tokens that cannot be left until your turn into category monsters, so you can expect to play an active role
Yes, you should probably give it a little bit more respect than the other fun decks out there, but Ive heard people say they are going to tech Chatot PLB because Toolbox completely wrecks such and such deck and, to be honest, I laugh a little inside