With the right draw, I can get 12 air quanta and this card out before you can get out a creature. Boom!
Not to mention all the times you're getting your butt handed to you by a deck that doesn't even have creatures in it, or just doesn't happen to have any airborne ones in it, or none in play right now. There I am, with 1 hp left, moments from losing, but I have 12 air quanta so I play this. HA HA!