In many ways Remand is more like a bounce spell such as Into the Roil than it is like a counterspell
Instead, you just need 2 mana and a way to untap it to really start grinding out the advantage
It may surprise some people but not all the cards increased in value and some cards declined in value too
This could result in your opponents being attacked, or it might prevent players from attacking at alleither of which benefit the kind of deck that wants these effects in the first place
We'll note that some other decks are a little formulaic, reduced to two core gameplay strategies and little else, but that is preferable to the mess of keywords, actions, mechanics, and
In that sense, the book feels like a celebratory snapshot rather than a final word