Its very possible that cheap counterspells and card drawing are stronger
Unfortunately, theres been no such announcement about a version for Nintendo Switch, even though it seems like the kind of thing that could do pretty well on the platform
Finally, because he can make many spells and abilities free, he can be the third card in numerous infinite combos, like Carrion Feeder and Gravecrawler, Necrotic Ooze with Asmodeus, the Archfiend in your graveyard, or even just K'rrik and Blood Celebrant, which essentially makes a free mana of any one color for each three life you pay
Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn
Control decks can use this to buy a lot of time against a single creature (since blue has no common hard removal) and aggro decks could set up big turns where they lock down two blockers out of nowhere