The power to spend two counters from it to essentially draw a card is immense when it costs no additional mana, and the fact that you get +1/+1 counters for lands or spells is the cherry on top, or was it the keyword soup
Loot, the Pathfinder Few cards in MTG have a relevant body and the ability to draw three cards the turn they enter
Virtually all of them are going to be stronger, and offer either a better depth of gameplay, new cards, or something more than the basic minimum needed to play
FF Draconic Buster 260 Discard all Energy from this Pokmon
Sure, it doesnt counter everything -- but creatures are the most common thing your opponent will do, so it will often have targets
Especially living in Indiana, I always felt like you had to be somewhere big like California, New York to do something like that, but then when YouTube came along, it really changed the game for how people can create content and entertain people and put their voice out there