This may not sound like an advantage at first, but many decks know how to use this effect cleverly
however, the price has skyrocketed, and its now worth $2,100 on average
This is just one more mana to use than Rampant Growth and unlike that it's an instant speed ramp spell which is pretty rare
Its worse as a 2/1 without an ETB, but once you get your +1/+1 counter engine going, you can recur a big chunk of your graveyard
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Hamza, Guardian of Arashin is a mighty 5/5 that costs less if its caster has creatures with +1/+1 counters on them, and it lends a similar ability to subsequent creature spells