I am still convinced that it deserves a spot among the top 5, simply because it is an evergreen interactive option for green decks in a format where the OG counterspell has just been introduced to the format
The rule at the time was you should play your cards as written, and as written, you could discard or mill a Rukh Egg and still get the 4/4 token, which led to the card being banned before Wizards eventually updated the wording
(Food is an artifact with ", , Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life." Treasure is an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.") Creature - Elf Scout Tom Bombadil As long as there are four or more lore counters among Sagas you control, Tom Bombadil has hexproof and indestructible
Interaction If Im running blue, I do like to have a few counterspells in the deck for the occasional emergency, either to stop someone from killing me or to stop someone from stopping me from killing them