Opponents will quickly learn that a "starve" game plan, avoiding attacks on your life to drain your hand of counters, is their best bet
Adding double strike at nine
However, all that doesnt detract from how fun it is , and if you want in, you gotta start from the basics
In the original Japanese version, Shadi forces it right into his eye socket in an incredibly gruesome and bloody scene
You can tap Baba Lysaga and sacrifice three permanents of different types to make each opponent lose three life, you gain three life, and then you get to draw three cards
Alternatively, once it's in play, you can tap the card and pay three colorless mana to give a permanent or player one counter of a type it already has