Thanks in house judge Reyemile and the people from the MTG Judges Chat Discord for helping me with clarifying this and putting it in decently legible text
Counterspell (Ice Age/Alliances, Tempest/Stronghold/Exodus, Masques/Nemesis/Prophecy) Counterspells are decent in limited, but by no means the be-all, end-all of the universe
Thats right, and its not even the last one on this list
In a pinch you can use it to dig through your deck to find an answer you need for a board state.
Take the subreddit r/freemagic for example, where members wail against PC culture and social justice warriors, and brag about being banned from other Magic subreddits
Polukranos, World Eater A 5/5 for four mana is already a good deal, but the fact that Polukranos has Monstrosity means that ability scales beautifully during a game