Cheap counterspells like Arcane Denial and An Offer You Cant Refuse are important as a protection piece to ensure your commander gets to resolve, and your creature can start wreaking havoc on the battlefield
Not many cards allow you that much quick power, and its easy to label Griselbrand as one of the best creatures ever, despite being restricted to reanimator decks
The fact that these cards, which are Saga enchantment creatures in the set, use counters themselves made it even more of a perfect fit
Appealing to a large base of players is bound to have structural implications for high-level players, and both Oktagon and Webcore have decided those tradeoffs are worth making
As for the blue figure and the green figure, Randy is less forthright
There arent many high-mana-value plays here, but theyre all impactful enough to close things out