For the price of two counters, you can turn one of your creatures into a missile, sacrificing it to take down an enemy creature or Planeswalker
Pure card draw on a five drop from your library's top two let's you draw what you need most
What makes Brainstorm so good is you draw three cards and put two cards that you don't want in your hand on top of your library
The Vintage ban-list specifically mentions banning the ante cards, so you can Spike for the most powerful card drawing spell of all time: Contract from Below
Combo 2: Mindcrank AND Duskmantle Guildmage, AND Ghoulcaller's Bell This is a stealth way to win in a playgroup that is not familiar with the combo
Especially because the future of Magic will be dominated by Universes Beyond crossovers, were going to get plenty more Villain cards, particularly in the Marvel Super Heroes set