Its basically the creature version of Sneak Attack in the sense that youre cheating time, not mana, and the extra text about warping artifacts and red creatures helps you to keep deploying threats so the attacks never stop
If you miss your third land drop, you'll have 3 mana on turn 3
Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence The +1/+1 counters stack up by the same amount of damage you took, so the ultra-rare flying on a red card with no drawback becomes really important and quickly makes a lethal threat out of Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence
If I've got enough devotion to black on my board, that might end up being Gray Merchant of Asphodel, which would also be a great recursion target if it finds its way to the graveyard
The death trigger for your insects is odd, but if you run mainly creatures and lands like many green decks, Zask makes mill two look a lot like draw two. #20