Pair this Incarnation creature with any card that doubles or duplicates your +1+1 counters, such as Ozolith, the Shattered Spire, Hardened Scales, etc
Having a bad version of a card that makes the best burn spells ever printed list isnt really a good drag on something in the first place
Honestly, might be best to keep them locked away
Mostly, youll probably alternate between +2 and -2 with him most of the time, and that will be plenty to win you the game
Now that running gag of taking damage and sacrificing food gets old when you're on the receiving end, but if you play your cards right, opponents will cast more spells than get combat damage through your big green creatures like Saber-Tooth Moose-Lion
This gets about half the cheat in effects and it gets none of the threats