Rydias Return Rating: 1/10 +3/+3 to your team isnt particularly strong unless youre also giving them a way to actually get through chump blocks
The longer answer looks like this
#6: Werefox Bodyguard 2023 was not a great year for new elves (good ones, at any rate)
Arcee, Sharpshooter is a 2/2 creature with first strike, and you can pay one generic mana to remove any number of +1/+1 counters from it to deal that much damage to a creature
The ward ability, great stats, and fantastic trigger ability all contributed to just how powerful Vein Ripper became
Synergistic Removal Continuing with the token deck example, if you need a boardwipe, Hour of Reckoning would be a much better choice than say Wrath of God in our hypothetical deck