Maybe they wanted to avoid paper copies of complicated reconfigure creatures, since those involve a lot of moving pieces already, but the general Magic populace can handle effects like this
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Stasis is a cheap blue enchantment that completely skips everyone's untap step, which will bring most games grinding to a halt
You actually get more value running it in Pioneer, Historic, or other formats that allow up to four copies of a valid card in the deck
Flair is an interesting mechanic that lets you trade in your extra cards for special effects that you can show off in battles
Take the established one-mana 2/1 statline, add a dash of dash, and throw in an ability that, without exaggerating, can swing the outcome of a game on turn one, and you've got an egregiously overpowered one-drop