We can use the combo to make a lot of mana and a lot of creatures depending on the other cards you have out, and we can channel that mana into Helix Pinnacle because that's the kind of thing I do
For example, Spinal Parasite can only get two instances of removing a counter from a target permanent if you use four colors to cast it since its base power and toughness is a -1/-1
It would be really nice if Etali, Primal Storm had some kind of keyword with it to give it a little more power
We chose eight as the required number because this makes it enter tapped for most of the game in 1v1, but in Commander, players 3 and 4 in turn order can have this enter untapped on turn 3. Because Turbulent Wilderness is categorized as both a forest and an island, that makes it a fetchable dual land, meaning that you can pull it onto the battlefield with a card like Three Visits also in the deck because it searches for a forest specifically
This is partially due to my social experience with Pokmon TCG Pocket , but also thanks to the games card pool