The History of Poison in MTG Poison counters debuted in 1994s Legends on Pit Scorpion
Even alone with Hakbal of the Surging Soul it can explore and ramp which make it better than an average green ramp spell
Neheb, The EternalNeheb, The Eternal also cares about how much life our opponents have lost, except he makes mana equal to that amount in our second main phase, which we love
Surveil Lands Thanks to their ability to smooth draws and fill the graveyard, surveil lands like Commercial District have carved out a spot in slower or grindier Modern decks
The flavor for that is immaculate, but that still doesn't make him a very good card, in my book
What ol Sticky lets you do is put X creature cards directly into your graveyard from the library, which is pretty incredible to have stapled onto a card you have hanging out in the command zone