Two mana to exile an artifact or enchantment or 4 mana to exile any permanent are fine rates, especially when you have your pick of them
This can get white out of situations it normally needs specific sideboard cards for, while still being main-deckable as two-mana removal against random attackers
Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, and Chromatic Lantern are classic mana rocks that help to fix and accelerate your mana base, which makes it much easier to cast your higher-cost legends
$0.49 Ice Magic Final Fantasy $0.49 Laughing Mad Final Fantasy $0.49 Barret Wallace Final Fantasy $0.49 Suplex Final Fantasy $2.99 Tablet of Discovery Secrets of Strixhaven $0.49 Swallowed by Leviathan Final Fantasy $0.49 Phoenix Down Final Fantasy $0.49 Prompto Argentum (0387 - Borderless) Final Fantasy Variants $0.49 Sleep Magic Final Fantasy $0.49 Sorceress's Schemes Final Fantasy $2.49 Fire Magic Final Fantasy $0.49 Prompto Argentum Final Fantasy
Dont underestimate the Warrior subtype, which can be synergistic in Elves
(Counterspell itself would be too powerful by today's standards and has not been printed for many years)