In multiplayer, if youre mono-white, youre probably going to get both plains out quite regularly, which is pretty amazing for white decks
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It pairs nicely with token generators and with death payoffs like Mirkwood Bats, Pitiless Plunderer, and Zulaport Cutthroat, and its forestwalk ability has synergies with Toski, The Odd Acorn Gang, and other creatures that care about dealing combat damage to a player
I had originally planned to go into the history of Counter-Burn in this article, given that it's a fairly well-known archetype
As a 1/1 flier for a single blue mana that has major possible upside in a Historic deck (or more likely an artifact-based build), this is a fine early game play in a lot of Commander decks