And with enough counters, the creature gets new stats and abilities, noted in those little "LEVEL 3-7", "LEVEL 8+" boxes on the card ( in the case of Hexdrinker, with the top end granting you the legendary Progenitus effect of Protection from Everything
Lightning Bolt was the best, regardless of where people wanted to look
Now tempo is far too great for four mana draw spells and so you can only play Deep Analysis if you are reliably able to get it in the bin
Tivit, Seller of Secrets Okay, this ones cool
Doubling the amout of Treasure Tokens that each spell cast from exile creates with Xorn, for example, can be incredibly powerful
I had hit him with a Lightning Bolt on my second turn, then untapped and Channel / Fireballed him out and it was in that next moment that I learned what Mana Drain was