Its great at clearing the way for attacks with its first two chapters, before offering one last burst of damage with the last one
The many cheap burn cards in red helped get the hideous, woefully flawed, Jackal Pup through, for lots of damage, when the seemingly much stronger white version would be scared, sitting at home, for fear of tussling with a 2/2 first striker or simply a larger creature
This is another card I don't own in Alpha, so here goes stock images: Not many people can claim to have a playset of Alpha Birds of Paradise, but a good number of the people I know who do view that playset as the crown of their collection, eking out both Juzams and Power on their personal scale of iconic
If it clears those creatures, put that many +1/+1 counters on it
The deck is filled to the brim with incredible removal spells like Cut Down, Infernal Grasp and Legions to Ashes, which makes it very strong against creature decks