Like Narcomoeba, its triggered ability is not mandatory, so you can choose to not use it
Usually, that means Commander, but sometimes it can mean being played in Magic's eternal formats: Legacy and Vintage
If you're in a removal-heavy meta and you know this weird card will get blown up before you get to put that third study counter on it, you might want to pass on Pursuit of Knowledge, but I like it enough to be willing to give it a try
High-resolution art: Blurry source art always prints blurry
That said, I could see running more for example, if your deck goes all-in on the commander, you could potentially run as many as 10 protective spells
Daretti, Scrap Savant can use treasures as reanimation fodder, Akiri, Line-Slinger grows bigger with every treasure and Emry, Lurker of the Loch can cheat on her commander tax with them