Blue also offers numerous spells with creature bounce effects, meaning players can return a card to their hand instead of losing it to Exile
17/62 Articuno
In her 2006 book Millennial Monsters , Anne Allison mentions the card suit and writes, within parentheses, that it "was eventually settled out of court"
The brand team originally wanted to kill the picture until one of them looked up the definition of PG-13 (at the time, we were using that as a means to define the feel of Magic sets) and realized that PG-13 allowed one flip off, so they decided to let it stay
If your opponent does somehow destroy of this card, Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem allows you to bring back the original Ancient Gear Golem right away
I believe the spike has been driven by a combination of factors, from a lack of reprints and its inclusion in the 99 of many Giada, Font of Hope decks, which have popularized Angel typal in recent years