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There's no real tempo here or much synergy and the effect is meh unless you want a 3/3 Rat with menace or a 3/3 Wizard with menace for some other reason

It rewards going tall, not wide, decks like Voltron and the connive Esper decks we just got from Streets of New Capenna and then loads more, and it's quite the competent darling

Note that there's no timing or per turn limit on the sacrifice ability, so you can make tons of counters, but you only get one Food per combat

Its a flavor win, as well as a win in the more literal sense

This is partially thanks to how well the cheap creatures available synergise with your big-spell theme, and partially thanks to how the mediocre removal hurts your chances of going long against green ramp players