It just seems clunky and awkward
This card is so powerful that it warps deck construction around it, and youll want as many cheap cantrips and mill effects as you can get to delve deeper and more frequently
Faeries were an iconic part of Eldraine and showed up in white, blue, and black, so it was a perfect fit
Technically, both cards can do the same theft effect with a small difference: The creature half can exile a card from an opponent's hand, and they pay its mana value to have Valki transform into it
Once we saw the Pathway Arrows in the design document, we realized that they would be a perfect fit for one of the anti-Eldrazi cards
Its uncommons come down some though as they lack some of the top end flash you might want though Go For The Throat is still a solid removal spell, if weaker than it is in other sets