Planeswalkers remain popular characters, and the Modern Horizons 3 flip-walkers show that they are as popular as ever
This prevents spells from resolving without actually countering them
While this deck has very cheap spells, mostly 1-mana ones, you have ways to manipulate the top of your library to ensure you always get the right spell for when your opponents try to resolve theirs, making Counterbalance a great rattlesnake effect
But having to commit to casting a four-drop every turn can tie up a lot of mana, so you need to be smart about your plays and maximize your attacks
Take Faithless Looting, for example: you draw two cards, but you have to discard two, and you used up the Faithless Looting
Stoneforge Mystic Stoneforge Mystic gives you a lot of value for a 2-mana creature