Commander players and Modern players, in particular, will find themselves in familiar territory with cards like Alesha, Who Smiles at Death and Bedlam Reveler in the mix
It can net you free spells, but we're looking for consistency here, not to spin the wheel and see what we get
Pirates have received much more support since then, being a key Draft archetype in Commander Masters, receiving an entire Commander precon in The Lost Caverns of Ixalan, and being included in Outlaws of Thunder Junction's outlaw batch
It protects you from an attack and since we have a lot of cards with no Counter effect, we can trash those to get rid of dead cards
Sultai Whenever a counter is put on a creature you control, draw a card
Considering Infect also deals damage with -1/-1 counters, this can be an incredibly threatening prospect