We spend most of our time building up Mirri so she can attack safely and effectively every turn, piling the best equipment and other buffs on to make her a scary kitty

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Heck, I think the surprise is added by the fact that the original Teshar card - Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle - is fairly popular in his own right
Much of the time, wordiness and complexity go hand in hand, but not always
For example, if you control Thundermane Dragon (You may cast creature spells with power 4 or greater from the top of your library.) and Twinmaw Stormbrood is on top of your library, you can cast Twinmaw Stormbrood, but not Charring Bite
A similar thing happens in the third Invaders movie, where you have this reaction after finding out that the Ferroseed you knocked out belongs to one of the fleeing citizens