Whether youre using +1/+1 counters, Loyalty counters or, really, any counter that can be proliferated to strong effect, like a Poison counter, this card seems quite powerful
Its nice to get this at 1R finally instead of RR just because were definitely moving in the right direction there, but its still enough worse than Nights Whisper and Sign in Blood that this type of red spell will hopefully get pushed yet a little more in the future
Rarely do we have an in-game keyword as an article title so for those who arent familiar: milling is the act of taking cards from the top of a library and putting it in the graveyard, and its called mill due to the card Millstone
Since he starts with four loyalty counters and his ultimate only requires seven, it's relatively easy to use this extremely powerful ability scarily early in the game
Suddenly, you can go for it without worrying about the Force of Wills your opponents might be holding
Its simple, evocative, and iconic, which makes it the #1 set symbol for 2024