Three is quite a lot just for card quality and won't bail you out of savage mana screws however it is typically played in more long term decks which are far less likely to keep land light hands
It makes the Kokusho, the Evening Star drain 10/30 instead of 5/15
If the creature loses flying before Shadow Puppeteers's last ability resolves, the creature will still become a red Dragon with base power and toughness 4/4 in addition to its other colors and types until end of turn
STA means Strixhaven Mystical Archive
Geth, Thane of Contracts Before Phyrexia invaded Mirrodin, Geth was a Moriok human who controlled his realm with armies of zombified nim
Part of me doesn't want to fall into the nostalgic trap of thinking Magic had an essence that is now being lost, but the other part knows if Wizards of the Coast is going to keep Universes Beyond legal in Standard, it could at least try harder to make the cards balanced