In all honesty, its one of the better 3-mana counterspells, potentially giving you control of the spell, and your opponent freaks out at the possibility of getting their expensive spell stolen, not countered
You wouldnt even need a card in exile to put counters on Ulamog to get Annihilator going
Once during this turn, if you would Tribute a monster(s) for a Tribute Summon, you can Tribute 1 monster your opponent controls as if you controlled it
Once per turn: You can target 1 card on the field
The Spell card Final Countdown, for example, will allow a player to win after 20 turns have passed, making a Stalling strategy essential
An errata regarding the Rishadan pirate cycle, them being now Human Pirates pushed Pyre of Heroes from greatness to absolute god-tier, as we are able to freely pod them and our wizards back and forth when needed