By doubling his drain trigger, it ensures only two creatures need to die to flip him over
Plus, it loots when counterspells are used
Atog deck: 25 Cards known to exist, to be completed with the missing ones: Counterspell (7th Edition) Entomb (Odyssey) Fact or Fiction (Invasion) Fire / Ice (Apocalypse) Flametongue Kavu (Planeshift) Island 332/350 (7th Edition) Island 333/350 (7th Edition) Island 334/350 (7th Edition) Island 336/350 (Invasion) Island 337/350 (Invasion) Island 338/350 (Invasion) Island 335/350 (Onslaught) Island 337/350 (Onslaught) Island 338/350 (Onslaught) Nightscape Familiar (Planeshift) Psychatog (Odyssey) Repulse (Invasion) Salt Marsh (Invasion) Shadowmage Infiltrator (Odyssey) Shivan Reef (Apocalypse) Syncopate (Odyssey) Underground River (7th Edition) Undermine (Invasion) Urborg Volcano (Invasion) Urza's Rage (Invasion) Mini MTG Cards Angry Dog Deck Uncut Sheet 10 x 11 front
You can rely on the effects on some of your fatties to cover you but sometimes you are just hoping to outright win with your combo and really you just want some removal to buy a little bit of time
All of a sudden the "Bad Lotus" didn't seem so terrible
Princess Twilight Sparkle and the rest of the cards printed in the Ponies: The Galloping and Ponies: The Galloping 2 Secret Lairs are silver-bordered, and not legal for tournament play , so there are no rules concerning how her ability would work in a tournament environment