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Before checking for lethal damage, the Seedling's controller would proliferate one time and could choose give the Seedling another +1/+1 counter

But, it's not just about flooding the board with a bunch of 1/1s

Square Enix licensing constraints: The licensing agreement means WotC has no organic reprint flexibility outside the original set window beyond what the license permits

Buy yourself two turns of setup

This risk tends to be worth the reward, but Lumbering Falls gives you the best of both worlds by largely removing the risk aspect

Considering many TCG players believed the Base Set card to be worth little, the CD-ROM pack-in variant is worth a good chunk of change