Three or more mana countermagic really isn't worth looking at if it isn't Cryptic Command
The "number-for-number" construction is used in Magic to indicate that you are spending some number of cards to obtain another number of cards-worth of value
You either have enough power to strike down a weaker Pokemon, or you might just be able to knock out some of the strongest Pokemon in the game
While we can argue over whether Jace, the Mind Sculptor was unbanned to sell Masters 25 or because Wizards felt like Jace, the Mind Sculptor was a good addition to Modern and took advantage of the impending release of the Masters 25 reprinting to unban it, regardless of the motivation, there's no doubt that Jace, the Mind Sculptor being unbanned is a good thing for the sales of Masters 25
Foil-etched Foil-etched cards have taken off since their release with Commander Legends
Chart shows the price of Kratos, God Of War [Foil] #2207 at the end of each month going back as long as we have tracked the item.