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Other than cards that are dangerous or limited, like Merchant Scroll or Demonic Consultation, the tutoring factor is basically non-existent

The General Function of Cantrips with Respect to Common Archetypes In general, Legacys cantrips enable decks to search for a relevant card in a given game state at the cost of a card and one mana

A decent chunk of merfolk care about +1/+1 counters

Bonus points if you have some way to manipulate the counters or blink this to stall it from going off though, that's pretty cool

Connive makes sense from a flavor perspective, even if its not the freshest mechanic, but the bigger issue here is the overlapping strategies