When you attack, you can pull off a counter to do one of two things - Lightning Blast anything for 4 damage (Red) or give Guile lifelink (White) and indestructible (also...White) for the turn
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Veil is still more flexible than many of its forebears: it hits blue and black spells, tagging permission, removal, and targeting effects like those of Thoughtseize and Surgical Extraction
Crow is a Hand Trap that, at the cost of simply discarding it, can banish a card out of the opponent's Graveyard at any point
Control will play this but as filler, it will be used to bolster your lifegain potential or sure up your removal suite or just because you lack two drops
Meanwhile, if youre worried about the Pokemon in the Active, Sabrina can force them back to the Bench, meaning that your opponent will need to waste a turn (as well as an Energy) retreating the new Active Pokemon to get back to where they were