Does he counts as one himself?

lol I came to this card page to ask that very question.

I suppose not because he references swap but doesnt have 'it'

if we define 'it' as the actual mechanic, then he does not, but if it's any mention of it, then he does.

i think the former is much healthier and also probably how the current rules work for this, but then again, i'm still looking for a decent way to have an action-word-matters because apparently i can't reference it since it's not something cards 'have' like normal keywords

The easeist way to do this is create a common characteristic al the cards have that is easier to check fo e. g. a supertype that marks them or something like an indicator.

Remember the tombstone symbol? It could be something like that, but with actual rules significance. Also makes the card text shorter.

Yes, I will do this. thank you