When it ETBs with kicker it makes a 2/2 Drake, and when you cast a kicker you'll also make it, making it one of the few kicker matters cards that also have kicker too
(2025-06-06) Removing a shield counter when a permanent would be dealt damage or destroyed isn't the same as regenerating that permanent
The deck focuses on quickly building a massive army of creatures, growing the army through anthem and counter effects, and attacking for massive damage
Being mono-blue does limit how much we can abuse this effect, but we have Time Beetle, Clockspinning, and All of History, All at Once to turbo out spells, then copy them again
At this point, I have completely Ship-of-Theseusd the cube into something unrecognizable, with only 45 cards shared between the two lists these days
So to trim my options a bit I also decided that Id only play a single incarnation of any Planeswalker that had multiples available