This adds +1/+0 and menace to the board when it comes down, and can attack as a 4/4 menace even when it's on it's own
While each mode is good on its own, Akromas Will definitely shines brightest when you have your commander and can gain access to both
Cards with amass 1 are at their best when theyre adding another body to the board, not when theyre adding a +1/+1 counter, so sacrificing armies to keep the sac fodder coming is your best bet
Its worse than the werewolf because you don't get a guaranteed enters trigger, but it still has Standard and Cube potential
The Storm decks that I have seen have frequently been hybrids with another of the spell-based decks, like Dampen Thought, since both strategies encourage you to have a high density of cheap cards in your deck
Its not the best protection but better than nothing and just annoying enough that your opponents may point their removal elsewhereif they wont pay the for Rhystic Study, why would they kill your stuff