This of course plays into Gideons second ability which allows him to destroy tapped creatures
Much like the similarly priced Shriekmaw, it has a built-in level of evasiveness, 3 damage, and brings card advantage
While two +1/+1 counters isn't a whole lot to start, pumping their power with any sort of spell suddenly gives your other creatures a huge upgrade, as well as basically giving everything in your deck haste
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Well, the downside is that if you want to master it, it starts demanding cards like Candelabra of Tawnos (which roughly increases mana from lands by 1.5x), so the hurdle is high
