Correct me if I am miss understanding you, but it sounds like you only use interaction if it has an additional upside to it? obviously, an additional upside is nice, but for me, I prefer mana efficient interaction and rely on the rest of my deck to draw me cards or for ramp, it is for this reason that I generally don’t use cards like deathsprout, I would much rather use infernal grasp.
You can be completely right: I make only Tribal decks and even the EDH decks lean on the Theme; that have Lording creatures who give to each other bonuses and interact on the field with one another in order to be victorious, but also to make the most of the Game. This way in the Dragons with Defenders, I don't need so expensive cards like
Mana Drain,
Ponder and
Preordain. Oh, it's price is even heavier, I saw it. I don't need
Counterspell or any other spells in the Adaptive Enchantment. Virtually there I play only Sorceries, I gave up
Bant Charm, and strong ones indeed, as
Three Dreams,
Retether and
Resurgent Belief. It should be general Magic question for
Counterspell. I am not used to countering and throwing my cards for the cards of an opponent in my Modern Tribal Budget Themes. Even in Ula Kiora-Thassa Sea Monsters, I don't need anything beside
Whelming Wave and
Crush of Tentacles. In Blue, I would play only wipe boards instead of countering opponent's spells. As of recent on Draconom(wall)icon I'd love to put
Belbe's Portal,
Herald's Horn,
Vanquisher's Banner,
Bard Class and
Zendikar Resurgent, because I just don't want to play counterspelling spells in such a Dragon EDH deck and virtually not much spells beside the Commands: Dromoka, Silumgar and Ojutai. The strong artifacts and enchantments however are a bit more expensive. To not be empty-talking, I would however recommend
Render Silent,
Hindering Light,
Absorb,
Dovin's Veto as MustaKotka, and even high mana valued
Fall of the Gavel and
Swift Silence for counterspelling decks. Actually, All decks, including EDH and Modern. Anything
else that something
happens beside throwing your card for an opponent's card. At least, yes: you're completely right: when there's some interaction between the creatures of particular type. Even the Wizards are better in this side for having lords, beside wasting cards for cards. Especially with
Docent of Perfection // Final Iteration,
Naru Meha, Master Wizard and
Adeliz, the Cinder Wind. There's good 3-colored EDH
Sevinne, the Chronoclasm, but in her case, I think she could've remained Izzet. Not including White in the edition? Could been done, but alas, it didn't get made back then. Sorry for the much storytelling.
Regards and Merry Christmas:
Chavo