Getting it into play and immediately recovering an egg or a fetch land is good value, and you make the most out of this card with self-mill
The old example of a prompt where two people are talking to each other, and one is seated on a horse, is hard
But unlike last week, in which the commanders from the new Commander precons were taking the lead, it's now SOS dragons behind the spikes
We can play them as lands if we keep drawing nonland cards, or keep them in reserve if we get flooded on mana
If youre running life gain you have some options, and if youre making small tokens, theres always Skullclamp and Welcoming Vampire
While I general I'm a little wary of mixing +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters (as it can get very confusing what the size of things arethis, by the way, is where the rule about +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters canceling one another out came from), I do like how this card uses both in a contextual way that gives the card a strong flavor