Counters that players could have include energy counters, experience counters, poison counters, rad counters, and ticket counters
It was a slow process getting the investment ready and digging far enough into the game to have the cards to spare but if a deck had no use for excess mana this was still a highly effective endgame especially for decks that used Thawing Glaciers
Its important to address the presale prices for these decks at the time of writing
It will be really tough for Goblins to piece together enough synergy to push out the naturally strong red creatures like Monastery Swiftspear, Zurgo Bellstriker, Lightning Berserker, Firedrinker Satyr, and Eidolon of the Great Revel out of the sideboard
And those are the Best Black cards you need to shove into your decks as quickly as possible
Think of it like staging a house before you sell ityou want to present your cards in the best possible light to attract serious buyers and command top dollar