It was a wimpy voltron commander back then -- starts off tiny, hard to snowball, definitely not in the same league as oldschool terrors like Rafiq of the Many and Uril, the Miststalker -- but hoo boy did Ikoria 's keyword counters give ol' Skullbriar a power boost
Back in 1995, control decks often won by millingliterally through Millstone, grinding away two cards at a time
Making changelings is also a big deal, letting you use this as a synergy card for some lesser typal decks like spiders, minotaurs, and so on
Unlock Ability Creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them have reach and trample
While this is a bad practice in principle because youll almost always get less value from your cards than what you probably paid, it's the only way to get tix credit to then spend towards new cards