The team explored using suspend early on, wrote Head Designer Mark Rosewater when describing the set's mechanics, but it was wordy, and having the card be an enchantment until the time counters ran out was much more flavorful. Duskmourn is an enchantment-focused set, so having the impending permanent be an enchantment on the field (rather than be held in exile, like suspend does) was a much better fit
Most of the time, a simple removal spell will do a better job than this card does
This won't be too much of an issue if you're playing non-rotating formats like Standard, but fans of Modern or Commander will be up to their knees in MTG elves cards
This reduces reliance on combat tricks and limits counterplay
In Makindi Stampede, we have a card thats useful if youre going wide but can also be a backup land
When Tivit comes into play or when they deal combat damage to a player, you trigger their councils dilemma ability, making all players vote on whether you get one Clue or Treasure token per player