you can do much better for actual mana doubling
Its activated ability, paying 1 life and Blighting 2, forces your opponent to shrink their creatures while you potentially benefit from placing counters on your own
White shows up through efficient removal, scalable creature engines, and Angels that close games
Though the need for an opponent to draw a second card is significant, the difference of flash gives you a much better chance of at least pulling two cards off of this powerful serpent
OP14-022Usopp $1.93 OP14-026Kouzuki Oden OP14-032Humandrill $1.50 OP14-038I Never Bother to Remember the Faces of Trash $1.50 OP14-039Coffin Boat OP14-045Kuroobi OP14-046Koala $2.00 OP14-050Chew OP14-054Fisher Tiger OP14-059Please Take Me with You
This makes it worth examining in more defensive decks, especially with cards like The Gitrog Monster and Titania, Protector of Argoth that dont mind trading lands