Your job is to time removal so your opponent can't get that dual utility out of their spells, and you do this by passing priority
The best deck in my collection contains only three counterspells, and prefers to use proactive plays to push the game forward than to sit back and wait
Milling five cards can be awfully close to drawing that many cards in the right deck
In that age, the continent of Torrezon was populated with a diverse assembly of kingdoms and independent city-states enjoying a renaissance of scientific progress, artistic flourishing, and vibrant trade: Alta Torrezon at this time was a small, prosperous city-state tucked into the mountains in the far northeast of the continent
This is another instant spell that essentially allows you to negate a fair few different things
If it hits, your opponents are in big trouble