it often attacks as an 8/8 or better that first combat step
If you have the Comfey card with Flower Selecting ability, you have one of the top cards at your disposal
Instant Color tag templates(None) Tolarian Winds Discard all the cards in your hand, then draw that many cards
He can put counters on creatures to trigger things like card draw, he can gain us life to help trigger cards like Aerith, and he can return Summon creatures from the graveyard to play

Decklist Creatures (38) 1 Merrow Reejerey 1 Surgespanner 1 Sage of Fables 1 Stonybrook Banneret 1 Cold-Eyed Selkie 1 Merfolk Sovereign 1 Coralhelm Commander 1 Master of the Pearl Trident 1 Prime Speaker Zegana 1 Vorel of the Hull Clade 1 Thassa, God of the Sea 1 Kiora's Follower 1 Metallic Mimic 1 Kopala, Warden of Waves 1 Herald of Secret Streams 1 Tishana, Voice of Thunder 1 Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca 1 Seafloor Oracle 1 Merfolk Mistbinder 1 Deeproot Elite 1 Tatyova, Benthic Druid 1 Zegana, Utopian Speaker 1 Benthic Biomancer 1 Merfolk Skydiver 1 Evolution Sage 1 Thieving Skydiver 1 Realmwalker 1 Svyelun of Sea and Sky 1 Emperor Mihail II 1 Hakbal of the Surging Soul 1 Nicanzil, Current Conductor 1 Deeproot Historian 1 Mist Dancer 1 Singer of Swift Rivers 1 Topography Tracker 1 Tributary Instructor 1 Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood 1 Merfolk Cave-Diver Lands (36) 7 Forest 13 Island 1 Temple of the False God 1 Simic Growth Chamber 1 Llanowar Reborn 1 Mosswort Bridge 1 Reliquary Tower 1 Command Tower 1 Hinterland Harbor 1 Alchemist's Refuge 1 Rogue's Passage 1 Temple of Mystery 1 Myriad Landscape 1 Path of Ancestry 1 Unclaimed Territory 1 Karn's Bastion 1 Vineglimmer Snarl 1 Secluded Courtyard Spells (26) 1 Sol Ring 1 Kodama's Reach 1 Simic Signet 1 Explore 1 Beast Within 1 Swiftfoot Boots 1 Rapid Hybridization 1 Aetherize 1 Curse of the Swine 1 Hardened Scales 1 Commander's Sphere 1 Inspiring Call 1 Commit 1 Kindred Discovery 1 Deeproot Waters 1 Simic Ascendancy 1 Growth Spiral 1 Arcane Signet 1 Branching Evolution 1 Reflections of Littjara 1 Ravenform 1 Quandrix Command 1 Ruinous Intrusion 1 Bygone Marvels 1 Ripples of Potential 1 Wave Goodbye

Whenever this creature attacks, double the number of +1/+1 counters on target creature