it retains the counters even when it's not a creature, and cards like Hardened Scales and Ozolith, the Shattered Spire ensure the counters add up quickly
This art is so fantastic I ended up getting it a Playmat
This will make it much harder to tamper with boxes, as was possible with The First Chapter
Venser also makes random other cards way stronger, like Nasty End sacrifice The Hollow to draw 3 cards for 2 mana, Vat of Rebirth gets loaded with oil as The Hollow dies, or Ringsight to give Venser skulk so we can bypass blockers while tutoring up a card
When she leaves the battlefield, whether it's through death, bounce, or exile, she burns an opponent for an amount equal to her power: a value which can easily hit double-digits once Minthara really gets rolling