Not only do you get twice as many targets for the same activation cost, this iteration of Strixhaven s child prodigy spreads the counters around itself, so you dont need any other setup cards except a creature or two
many cards in Alpha would be deemed too powerful for tournament play, others were outright unplayable
Play Boosters can be found for as little as $6 , with boxes up for around $150
The Buster Sword also has a powerful extra ability: if the equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you draw a card and play a spell equal to or less than the amount but that doesnt really have much narrative weight to it
A changeling in the command zone makes it easy to build typal decks based on their color identity
Then for chapters two and three, you get to double the number of each type of counter on a creature you control