Value that has some format-specific synergy
Even combo plays little pure card draw any more, it may well have the odd symmetrical draw seven effect but these are usually for the ability to get back spent combo cards should the game go on a little longer than desired
"11/27/2023 | Cam | This design has nothing to do with the astrologian job." In retrospect, my feedback was a bit harshbuffing your creatures when you play cards is arguably more flavorful than buffing your creatures when you draw cardsbut my insistence convinced the team to find a small buff to reference the seal-collecting gameplay of astrologian
-- Your life total is 0 or less and an effect says that you can't gain life
Then you get to spread the love with those counters, giving another attacking creature a boost in its stats equal to Wildwood Mentors power for the turn
Again, the numbers dont tell the full story: Shadrix Silverquill plays more like a minimum of a 4/6 and Beledros Witherbloom adds some more (negligible) power to the board, but its illustrative of how Standard-safe the Strixhaven founders were designed to be after several years of tumult