This is obviously detrimental in heavy doses since Rad Counters can both deplete your life and deck count to zero
The strategy was also held up by a powerful removal spell, Harnessed Lightning, which can both produce additional Energy counters, or leverage existing counters to scale up and kill large creatures for only two mana
To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an escape cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions
Nimble Brigand You only need a few cheap interactive spells to enable Nimble Brigand, which is exactly what you want with a blue card like this
My favorite is Overprotect, and from its namesake, you know what it can do
Hide 'n' Sneak Prevent all effects of opponent's Attacks and Abilities done to this Pokmon