For just one extra mana, you even get to grant all of your creatures with counters Ward 1
It was one of the first cards where someone walking by the table could see and know what format you were playingor if they didnt, it caused them to ask
Silent Arbiter and Dueling Grounds help to slow everyone else down while acting both offensively and defensively for you
SPELLSTUTTER SPRITE This list needed a representative for the sub-category of counter-creatures, and while I could have chosen Mystic Snake for historic precedence or Frilled Mystic for recency, I think Spellstutter Sprite is the most interesting of the bunch
It's a fine beater on its own , but makes anything else it enchants a must-kill threat
The nature of these cards just makes it all but impossible, since unless there is public knowledge of the price history of each specific serial number, the data is just not there to support it