You ideally want to be a little ahead or at least have multiple ways to deal with any given problem available to you so you are never forced into trading your Counterspell for a weak card
Theres a torturers pleasure to paralyze Juzam or Serendib and then keep them from the fourth mana, hehehe
While maybe not as competitive in a Constructed setting, I still think it makes a good addition to any Simic or Bant build that uses +1/+1 counters and other ways to buff your creatures
If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something, that life is gained as one event and Enduring Tenacity's first ability triggers only once
Given how much fun SOI Limited has been, were expecting good things, with the early/late split of many of the cards in EMN helping to make a format thats full of choices without being paralysingly complex
Hakoda, Selfless Commander Hakoda, Selfless Commander lets you cast your ally spells from the top of your library, so you know which deck you want to slot it into