If you are getting beaten up do you block your 2/1 on their 2/1 or their 3/2
However, it was robust enough of a card, it spawned a whole new breed of blue decks that could take advantage of better acceleration than they normally had any business using
Casting it for free after a countered creature feels amazing, and even hard-casting it often results in a game-ending bomb
Take Liliana, Dreadhorde General as an example: Her War of the Spark price is around $18, while the reprint of the Planeswalker in Ravinca Remastered is selling for around $13
This madness spell puts a stop to one players incessant drawing real quick, and you might even back them into a corner if you can madness this out at instant speed in response to a big draw spell
With the number of taplands and setup pieces like Ichor Wellspring or Experimental Sythesizer, games play out pretty fairly and you experience a very organic progression of the game, in my estimation