When magic first started, Wizards was a far smaller company and pulled ideas for sets from history or, in the case of Arabian Nights, a book (One Thousand and One Nights), which gave way to cards like Ali Baba
Such a perfect fit with removal, edicts, and any combat your opponents engage in
It doesn't copy whether that permanent is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or any Auras or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its types, color, power and toughness, and so on
These include Artifact, Battle, Conspiracy, Creature, Enchantment
They have to find an answer before they can even start
Its a 3/4 creature for 4 mana and has the end the turn effect on activation, and you dont need to sacrifice it