If people were able to assemble a team of chess pieces rather than just use the standard array, most competitive players are going to use a team of all queens
You might not build a deck around this cumulative upkeep card specifically, but it slips into your green lands deck at a relatively low cost
Just a quick rules note: 609.3 If an effect attempts to do something impossible, it does only as much as possible
Its also decent against Deathmist Raptor, reanimation, and blinking (such as Shorecrasher Elemental) I think Id rather have Dissipate if I was in the market for another three-mana counterspell, but if double blue is a problem this one is not embarrassing
Sebastian Rosenauer Unholy Heat is another card in the style of Lightning Bolt, not much to say about what it does
You can make infinite tokens with a card like Ant Queen, you can just Fireball them to the face for the win