Too bad it specifies +1/+1 counters are the only ones you can remove with the last ability, even so, paying two power for a 2/2 robot and card draw isn't bad at all
Satoru Umezawa makes it so that every creature card in your hand as ninjutsu for one black mana, one blue mana, and two generic mana
Its often cheaper to mill yourself for a bunch than draw an equivalent number of cards, and there are plenty of strategies that allow you to convert cards in your graveyard into valuable resources at your disposal
You look at the Chapin incident which was clearly bullshit and you got everyone backing the Magic judges since they cant bite the hand that feeds
This approach represented jobs, in-game items, and character advancement
This is likely because of its pretty unique effect thats nicely suited to multiplayer formats by making things worse for your opponents while better for you