Yeah I agree janky is definitely the feel of them. For such amazing characters from Magic's history they are being treated poorly. They should have been epic, the kind of cards that everyone is looking to play, in every format. Instead these new "planeswalkers" get all the fun. *sigh*
There is an article about Garth's creation
here. The prototype one would have been better though confusing and would slow the game down.
Maybe if they chose better cards, Ancestral Recall, Demonic Tutor, Channel, Balance, Wheel of Fortune? Or better yet just give it access to the entire Vintage Restricted list
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. There's lots of cool stuff they could have done.
And of course they should have put some special rule on it if a land named Arena is in play with Garth, Garth's controller wins the game. Sadly it was reprinted in Time Spiral but would have been a nice plus for those of us who actually cut the coupon out of the back of the novels and sent it in to get our card.