Shadow-Rite Priest doesnt look to have much going on either as, similar to Soldiers, Clerics arent a particularly supported tribe in Modern
Whenever you cast a spell, if the amount of mana spent to cast that spell is greater than Liberator's power, put a +1/+1 counter on Liberator
Also, this is yet another mechanic that reinforces the Limited heuristic of cheaper cards being better, as I believe that most of the cheap expend cards are better than their more expensive alternatives
It's comparable to Courser of Kruphix - though it is objectively worse than Courser of Kruphix
If at any point, you control more creatures that you have gained control of using this creatures first ability than there are creatures named Mind Slaver on the battlefield, return one of those creatures of your choice to its owners control, and continue returning those creatures until the number of creatures you control that you gained control of using this creature is equal or less to the number of creatures named Mind Flayer on the battlefield