You may want up to 40 spells if youre running a spellslinger deck with a commander like Niv-Mizzet, Parun
Since that time, we had reversed the decision, so Infernal Spawn of Infernal Spawn of Evil had "Beast" scratched off and "Demon" written in
While there are plenty of substitute counters available in Modern like Negate, Spell Pierce, and Mana Leak, when your only goal is to counter your opponent's counterspell, it doesn't get any more efficient than Dispel
Assuming you bought each product when they went on sale (not 10 months later after they are out of print and potentially more expensive), how much would this set you back
As noted earlier, the cards weren't initially perceived as collectibles
Other green cards do this as well, such as Worldly Tutor, Primal Command, Green Suns Zenith and the new Mwonvuli Beast Tracker