While that might not exactly inspire confidence, bear in mind that enchantments are strong enough to influence game pacing, decision-making, and deckbuilding
Deathrite Shaman accelerates mana, empties graveyards, and deals damageall for a single mana
Equip only as a sorcery.) Rampaging Geoderm Rarity: Uncommon TYPE: Creature SUBTYPE: Dinosaur Beast CMC: 4 Mana cost: USD: $0.09 EUR: 0.06 TIX: 0.03 EDHREC RANK: 21593 (3/3) Trample, haste Whenever you attack, target attacking creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn
Craft only as a sorcery.) Bladewheel Chariot Color Indicator: White Artifact Vehicle Tap two other untapped artifacts you control: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn
Even to this day, were still seeing this play out in almost every set
Meanwhile, Quench can counter something on Turn 2 even better than Syncopate (although it doesn't scale as well into the late game), and Essence Capture would be an upgrade to Essence Scatter if its double-blue mana cost weren't somewhat problematic