Being this large for this price at the time was an outstanding deal, even if nowadays it doesn't look like much, and the bonus life points were like adding insult to injury, causing players to wince looking at their hand that little bit more and do it again when you cast additional black spells
A free creature token whenever you make tokens, on a decent body that can grow makes Quina decently
You are ready to become a knight, I believe
Hes like, The game will never end, dude. It was too easy to block attacks
But as the format settles, it seems like Narset, Parter of Veils has a role to play in blue midrange decks as both a semi-suspended Dig Through Time (as the second Impulse comes around after a turn) that also harms other blue decks ability to execute their gameplan