Firstly it is more onerous on your mana base (in a two or more colour deck) to cast Counterspell on turn two than it is to cast a Cryptic Command on turn four
Of the top ten most graded Pokemon cards, only two -- Base Set Charizard and Ancient Mew -- predate 2019
Adoring Fans means whenever you play a character that costs two or less, you can exert them to draw a card
Otherwise, making use of some legends that are either overcosted or have difficult abilities to maximize, such as Mishra, Artificer Prodigy, can make for enjoyable games
It has an interesting cost reduction ability that reduces the cost by X, where X is the total mana value of your noncreature artifacts
While he certainly draws on the heritage of Raging River, Space Beleren is far easier to use and far less prone to creating overly complicated game states as there can only ever be exactly three "sectors" at once