That being said, it will also be great in Standard play for overwhelming your opponents, provided you can get the right balance of +1/+1 counters and card draw
My friends Jesse and Martin decided to Winston and Jesse beat Martin with this combo: My Booze Cube cube had somehow missed some cards, so I only had 171 at the party, which means we would be 9 cards short of drafting 4 people
Of course, Alpha cards in such a condition are rare and expensive , in some cases even more expensive than Unlimited or Beta Black Lotus
Dragonlord Dromoka is so powerful that it even ended up in Vintage decks
Selvala just wants you to play large Creatures, protect her, and enjoy having absurd amounts of mana, all while drawing cards to eventually sink it all into
Stopping a spell in its tracks without the worry of an opponents Cancel on your counterspell can bring you a peace of mind unparalleled by simply casting Arcane Denial