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I have a feeling they originally designed Aminatou to be all about topdeck manipulation but then realized there weren't enough cards in Magic to make an entire deck around it and didn't have enough space in the product to properly support this new archetype with new cards (think Feline Ferocity 's problem last year) so they just filled in the gaps by adding the ETB theme

As I mentioned already, some decks are capable of filling both roles playing an early control game until they see an opening, then closing the game quickly and efficiently

Well, kind of

returning the control player to their starting life total as a stapled-on upside to drawing three or four cards will place many games out of reach for the opponent

Without it, you simply can't play the game