The first arrives untapped with no tempo loss but you'll lose a life each time you activate it for mana
Still, the cards that came out in Into the Inklands have only made this deck stronger in its own rite
For example: The card on the left is the fake, whereas the card on the right is real
Other cards I am rolling my eyes at include the aforementioned Winter's Chill, Pygmy Hippo, Weakstone and Mightstone, Prismatic Lace, Gustha's Scepter (at least this artifact costs 0that counts for something), and Unfulfilled Desires
It can trigger when it swings and if it dies, when it with three triggers for different foes, which scales up the more foes you are facing
Counter strategies scale quickly, turning small creatures into massive threats while triggering powerful payoff effects along the way