Its one of many designs from the Counter Blitz precon that I really love: It hints at +1/+1 counters but gives you the flexibility to build around any type of counter
Beta, 1993: $149,050 Beta s price is super high considering some of the top cards like Mox Pearl, Mox Sapphire, and Underground Sea, have hard-to-pin market prices
His card hits for equal measure in power as he can attack for 2000 points every time he enters the field, a fire forward enters the field, and when a Category 7 Forward enters the field
They are not likely to have a big impact on the game and are rarely useful
If you want to be counters and more mana, you need cards like Worn Powerstone, Thran Dynamo, or Joraga Tree-Speaker