Its a strong choice for decks built around Clues, Treasure, or any engine that keeps tokens flowing
Mentor when creature attacks put a +1/+1 counter on a target attacking creature with a weaker strength
Whenever one or more Assassins you control deal combat damage to a player, exile up to one target Assassin card or card with freerunning from your graveyard
When you can pack a load of narrow tools into your sideboard and have access to them game one without any risk of drawing them and having dead cards Living Wish is a little oppressive and outclasses Demonic Tutor
It's semi-restrictive in its targets as far as 1-mana counters go, but can very effectively shut down control decks
However, this is just speculation because there are lots of experts who say reprinting these cards would still not affect their prices all that much (at least for the original version from older sets, that is)