Its also tough to try and decide if you should play a big creature, or save an instant spell to protect something else
Let's see how well the stock list pulls off its goals: Counter Blitz is all-in on Counters and does what it sets out to do well: I count 38 cards the put counters on either themselves or other cards, nearly all of these are +1/+1 counters but there's a bit of other stuff too (4 summon creatures put lore counters on themselves like Summon: Valefor)
Boros (white/red) was the color of Humans in the main Lord of the Rings set, letting you include upgrades while staying on-theme
In the end, youre not obligated to dust at all
It only takes a couple of lions to really put your opponent on the back foot, and Hercules, True Hero can help you keep the from getting banished
Lava Dart is a card thats probably best when its shuttling back and forth between the sideboard and deck