Quillspike is not a good card at all on its own but does have a little bit of synergy with stuff elsewhere
Hexproof is often used as a distraction
There is plenty of variance in fake cards as well, and multiple printers (mostly in China) will all produce cards of different quality
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For example, if a player sacrifices four treasure tokens, The Balrog becomes 4 mana cheaper and only requires just 1BR to cast
If you do, tap the creature, remove it from combat, and creatures it was blocking that had become blocked by only that creature this combat become unblocked