One red mana to deal three damage to your opponent is a historically playable rate
So often it clears the path for a clean and efficient planeswalker take down
We may also see decks that previously wanted about 24 lands start to move closer to 22
Today, most counterfeit cards are designed to pass various tests like the bend test and the light test, and some look almost exactly like the real thing, even upon close inspection (unless you're going really deep and using a jeweler's loupe, which is a good way to weed out fakes but too much work for the average player)
Serrated Scorpion is a 1-black 1/2 that deals two damage to each opponent and gives the controller two life, and Whisper Squad is a 1-black 1/1 that can bring out more of itself for two mana
A Grand Prix that is simultaneously a death race in a card game is not exactly something one sees every day, and Aetherdrift passes the test for both of these aspects with flying colors