Get your commander in play, then start playing your multicolor spells to create an army of 4/4 tokens, then use cards like Jor Kadeen and Adriana to make them even stronger and swing for the win
You toss on counter on this when it deals damage, not two, but you can untap a land to make mana, force a target dork to not block, or toss a +1/+1 counter to perma-pump the equipped dork
Its estimated that around half of the Pikachu cards released in First Edition and Shadowless Base Sets have red cheeks
It does have an alternate cost, but a 9-mana 7/7 still isnt super exciting, even with annihilator
This seemed okay until players realized that cards were far more valuable than Life - they could kill an opponent with 1 Life as well as 20
Aangs Journey goes one better because you can Kick it and also grab a Shrine, effectively turning it into a draw 2