A creature with any counter is considered a modified creature , even if the counter isnt a boon, like a -1/-1 counter or a finality counter
Or you have a discard outlet in hand, so you don't mind them giving you a big, expensive creature
Notably, while there are other printings available, they have followed a similar pattern
While there isn't a format where Tolarian Academy would be a fair Magic card, the fact that Urza's block and the Tempest block were basically broken piles of combo cards with tons of powerful artifacts didn't help matters
Japanese sets usually arrive months before international versions, placing early copies into the market when interest peaks
So yes Im doing SV-Ps, and in fact I already had all cards up to 070/SV-P at the Grading step and some of them back in 10s