It places said counters on other creatures, it goes back to your hand when it dies, and, more importantly for our purposes, it draws you cards whenever a creature with a -1/-1 counter on it dies
This is not a ground tread upon very often, but every once in a while we see it (eg
Instant Color tag templates(None) Blood Pact Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life
Note, however, that its utility is the same as the far less expensive version that comes in the Starter Kit
This Beast card could very well be one of the most valuable to come out of Rise of the Flooborn, as its non enchanted rare version is already collecting a high price on the secondary card market
It doesnt only have a strong static ability that grows the rest of your tribal deck, but it also can serve as a mana dork that doesnt get to untap whenever it attacks