With the abundance of one mana ramp in green getting you to three mana on turn two a strong three mana play is just the ticket
In standard it was the core to the aptly named Puresteel Paladin deck, using its main ability to draw into more action and later on the metalcraft ability to cheat out on some equip costs, but it has also seen play in Cheerios, a deck based around 0 mana artifacts and Paradoxical Outcome to eventually cast Grapeshot, and most recently in Hammer Time, which focuses on Colossus Hammer, where Puresteel Paladin once again comes in to both help circumvent equip costs
It cant even really go infinite
Besides the artwork itself being well produced, the way the character holds the Buster Sword above his head and the explosion in the background match exactly how Cloud performs Braver, the first Limit Break he learns in Final Fantasy 7
When these effects are stacked with Endless Swarm, you'll make a giant swarm of Snakes that can easily start overrunning your opponents
