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Ink errors and stamping mistakes, such as missing set symbols, also reduce condition and grading potential

Its also easier to break: You can untap it with Voltaic Key and similar effects, bounce it with Paradoxical Outcome, etc

You're trading Frodo's weakness to instant death for Boromir's lingering weakness to repeated skirmishes, and swarm decks or cards like Bill Ferny, Swarthy Sneering Fellow (2R75) or lair Nerta, Dark Horseman (19P38) can often keep pushing him into skirmishes

Simply put, the best way to deal with a threat in Magic is to remove it before it's a threat, and Counterspell rips spells right out of the stack and into the graveyard