Nihiloor is a villainous mind-flayer, working as consigliere to the Waterdeep City crime syndicate of the beholder Xanathar
Neriv, Heart of the Storm Kolaghan had razed the land, the people had suffered many casualties, and there was no community among the brood
His ability requires the player to avoid engagement at least once to trigger unless using Hobbit Pony or lots of engagement control and threat reduction
Once you boost power on attack, the next logical place to look is boosting of power and toughness
One of the arguments I've heard in favor of counterfeit cards is that that the Reserved List makes it impossible to reprint things like dual lands, so players don't have a choice but to look for other more affordable options
white has a bunch of ways to distribute +1/+1 counters, so it shouldnt be too hard to get Denry Klin to dole out two different counters to your non-tokens