Depending on the case, you can attack immediately after playing it, so I think it's a cut above general board wipes because 'the opponent prepares their stance first', which is peculiar to board wipes in Limited, is less likely to happen
Use Long Feng to put a +1/+1 counter on Persist Creature A, cancelling its -1/-1 counter
For only 2 Lightning Energy, you can start attacking with a2-61-pachirisu-ex's Sparking Gadget, dealing 40 damage with its attack
If youre having trouble spotting the problem, youre not crazy
In person, I noted that Boros Elite was the least impressive card and could be cut for other things if we wanted to add the 24th land and raise the curve, but it was definitely the next best one-drop