Now all of your pingers (who you must now call Starn's Disciples) will be dealing triple damage thanks to Ghyrson
Lightning Helix "Basically the awesomest card ever." Life gain gets no respect, because when you invest mana and cards in life gain it has the nasty habit of not making a difference, especially when you're trying to play a burn-heavy game, which either involves trying to burn out an opponent or all opposing creatures
While there are many parts of the game of Magic: The Gathering that I miss and lament in their passing, like Mana burn and the Interrupt cards, what I miss most is playing for ante
Those strategies are cards that gain value from discarding (especially lands), cards that can allow you to play many lands, landfall, and cards with leaves the graveyard triggers
The cost also allows for it to be splashed rather than in a mono or near mono deck