Ruby/Sapphire was the single most popular deck in Lorcana 's Azure Sea set, consistently getting great tournament results
This is also true for any effects that were affecting the God when it was originally a creature
I actually dont think that General Kreat offers much as a commander, but shell go great in the 99 of decks such as Krenko, Mob Boss or Purphoros, God of the Forge that are already looking to throw massive amounts of tokens onto the battlefield to finish off opponents
It also works well with small mass damage spells like End the Festivities, basically making it a Plague Wind
Counter Intelligence is none of those things, so these are just basic lands that come into play tapped and don't have basic land types that synergize with other cards
Ambassador Blorpityblorpboop counts all power and toughness stickers on all permanents you control, even if those power and toughness stickers don't currently have any effect (possibly because you placed another power and toughness sticker on the same creature)