Since it costs nothing, it can instantly help turn on cards and mechanics like Mox Opal, Affinity, and Metalcraft without ever stumbling
Counters are a common enough boon you might get away with playing this outside of dedicated synergy decks, especially since the mounts ability spreads counters around on its own
Tricky Terrain Tricky Terrain has got it where it counts, in the mana base
Its also in the right colors since Simic is the king of card draw
Notable Options: Instant-Speed Board Wipes The vast majority of board wipes occur at sorcery speed, because these effects are very powerful and the tempo loss balances that
I mean, if you are going to be turning into any creature type in the game, isnt Dragon the one youd do first