Its less efficient than Gaeas Cradle because it costs mana to activate the second ability and youre locked into a single creature type, but it can produce mana of any color and even makes colorless on an empty board
BPhillipYork: Fine for decks focused on +1/+1 counters but there are really stronger cards and better way to do similar things
My best advice for players new to Modern would be to identify the kind of decks you like in other formats and see which decks in Modern look like those, and whether they look interesting here
Notable Cards: Reprints and $$ Ill lead with the caveat that Im not considering new-to-Magic cards when it comes to financial analysis
When Atarkas not killing players with commander damage, its usually doing a good job of giving your other dragons double strike, which means it even has an impact on combat the turn it comes into play
Finally, while card draw and card advantage are often thought of as similar concepts, they arent identical