This being said, opening Counterspells, Brainstorms, and Relentless Rats at a rate of more than two per box (on average) is a nice bonus for players and helps make sure you come away with a little something even when your rares and mythics are poor
The art on a large number of the Basic cards is weirdly generic, images that look so plain that youd swear youve seen them before
Blue is known for being relatively bad at countering creatures in cEDH because so many of the cheapest blue counterspells dont counter creatures, as youll see in the rest of this list, so being able to counter legendary creatures (especially commanders, of course) is a really nice perk for Tales End
Im not sure that cost matters, especially when you can gain lore when it enters
The only difference between these two spells is that Kodama's Reach is an arcane spell that will rarely become relevant in a Commander game