Counter Energy seems like a cross between Scramble Energy and Upper Energy. I was almost totally inactive when Upper Energy was released, so I don't know how well it worked, but Scramble Energy was ridiculously good during its day. You won't have to worry that every time you pulled even one Prize ahead of your opponent, he or she would drop a Basic out of nowhere, using Rare Candy to Evolve straight to its Stage 2 or Stage 1 form. Then again, it isn't that hard to have a Basic ready to manually Evolve, waiting to go, either. One less Energy would matter more except attacks seem to cost less now.