"I never thought they'd reprint this mechanic." A quote so powerful and good I have to make a comment on it so many years later. And that comment is "oh God my sides ache".
Don't think he can. It is an unsolicited design, which he can't look at, even if it is an unsolicited design by the equivalent of a two-year-old, or a jackdaw.
Blast shark gave me this idea. I can't put in the actual card so I'll just put the rules text Flashback blue, blue, red, red When you cast Olark, The Living Spirit it deals damage equal to its power to target creature, and it deals damage to Olark, The Living Spell equal to its Power. If the damage dealt by target creature is equal to or greater than Olark, The Living Spell power, exile it Once wizards decided to turn a creatures spirit into a spell, Olark was the fleeting result.