Yes, you can use this card as intended and copy a powerful spell, but you can also attach it to something weaker and hope that players hold onto their counterspells as they anticipate a big move, allowing you to cast other spells instead
While a 1/1 might not be much to write home about, as soon as you get ten permanents in play and you get the City's Blessing, all your Saproling creatures get +2/+2 and suddenly become 3/3 threats
Card #254 of Mela is a Special Illustration Rare valued at around $35 after seeing a significant price drop during early November
If a creature with double team attacks, youll conjure a copy of the creature into your hand without the double team mechanic (so that it wont snowball)
It is nice to have the slight flexibility with the plot ability though
The Best New Old Card award is given to a card thats been out for a while already, but found new use in my decks due to other new cards being printed or changes in formats and metagames