The second ability allows you to tap a target creature, which represents the bowl thats too cold, as ice tends to tap things
The logic was that there are several cards that should either be removed from the format (Hiram, Diablo, Sisu, A Whole New World, among others), as well as some that could use some updates
Particularly I heard about a first-edition booster box case, which is worth a lot of money, that was drastically undersold because somebody had no idea what they had. Not all Pokmon cards worth money date from the games earliest days
Many effects like this have restrictions
The Creative team said they weren't staffed to create two planes in a single year (something we're equipped to handle now), so they suggested a story where something happened that was so impactful that it would allow for the complete shift in Zendikar's mechanics