Compared to its early days, Magic has a lot more players and there are so many cards in print and being printed
(Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.) Lulu's first ability only cares about creatures attacking you, not planeswalkers you control or battles you protect
Regardless of this Jitte is still a great card and in part this is due to the life gain for which it is reasonably reliable and rather potent
Did you know this was going to be a counter deck already or did counters come from exploring Blitzball as a concept
She can also give your opponents -1 to their Strength, and that's when you play a character that costs two or less ink, something easy enough to do in Amber
In particular, Vivi's Persistence looks like it will be a welcome addition in either Vivi or Kuja commander decks