If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to its mana value rather than paying its mana cost
If you're casting a split card, only the mana value of the half you're casting is compared to the number of time counters on As Foretold
Gollum, Obsessed Stalker is annoyingly hard to keep track of (fittingly), which begs the question: why are so many Arena-exclusive Alchemy cards not printed in paper
Now heres the real question: What counters are you moving, and what are you putting them on
A 2/1 for two is already fine, and if Naban, Dean of Iteration draws you two or three extra cards over the course of the game, you've already built yourself a blue version of Dark Confidant, so perhaps there is more potential here than it looks at first glance
Now that MTG Bloomburrow has hit store shelves, its time to see which cards are going to be the most powerful, or most fun, in Commander