Brad Boimler, Eager Ensign

A 2/2 lifelink is serviceable, but unlike Badgermole Cub (49), Boimler needs both a tap trigger and counter source; likely niche counters testing.

Could be wrong if Unrevealed Standard counter engines or easy tap outlets could make the one-extra-of-each-counter trigger far more consistent.

Pioneer demands more immediate impact than a 2/2 attacker-dependent enhancer. It is more conditional than Badgermole Cub (22), with no supplied proven shell.

Could be wrong if A resilient Pioneer counters shell with cheap tap outlets could turn its unusual all-counter wording into a real engine.

A two-mana 2/2 with no immediate value is far below Modern's normal rate; it needs an established counter combo, unlike broadly useful Haywire Mite (73).

Could be wrong if An existing artifact, creature, or planeswalker counter combo may exploit repeated tapping more efficiently than the supplied context shows.

Legacy's efficient engines and removal leave little room for a combat-dependent 2/2; it lacks the unique disruption of Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd (65).

Could be wrong if Legacy may contain a compact counter-based combo where a two-mana repeatable extra-counter effect is uniquely valuable.

A cheap repeatable extra-counter effect is useful in dedicated counters decks, but Boimler needs to attack or another tap outlet and is replaceable.

Could be wrong if The breadth of reliable tap outlets and payoffs for noncombat counter types will determine whether it exceeds a narrow counters role.

A two-mana 2/2 lifelink normally makes decks; attacking can upgrade later counter placement, though revealed counter support is too sparse to make it premium.

Could be wrong if Unknown archetypes and counter density could leave it as merely a lifelink bear, or make its trigger a major synergy payoff.