@ Kingtk3, I have actually played goyf-less countertop before. I used to play counter-top thopthers and my first iterations of intuition-countertop was goyf-less. I ran fire/ice instead of goyf along with factories and Jace for the kill. However, Valtrix and some other posters managed to convince me to play goyf for the following reasons:

-Against aggro, goyf eats removal early but if you have the counter back up, he can be a massive wall that buys you a lot of time. He also forces opponents to play a removal spell instead of whatever threat he was going to play (like the turn 2 pridemage etc), slowing him down as well as netting you free life/land (from STP/path). He really isn't all that bad against aggro. The only MU I would say he is bad against is the bant countertop/landstill MU when they have insane amounts of removal/creatures bigger than goyf (KOTR).

-Goyf is the most efficient clock/win condition in the game. This is a control deck and outside of tournament settings, you don't really care much for winning quickly. However, in tournaments, you want to win, not draw. Countertop will have this problem of going to time because topping EOT every turn, figuring out brainstorm/jace piles, loam shenanigans etc etc all take a significant amount of time. Goyf eats face and wins, fast.

-The "win" window. This is something that many people have not grasped. You don't always "win" when you have the softlock assembled (countertop or Jace). They might draw a card beyond your countertop curve, or they might get a lucky topdeck even after a fateseal. If you have both countertop and Jace, then for sure 99% of the time you will win. However most of us have to squeeze wins out of just Jace or just countertop. After you've exhausted your opponent's hand and they are in top deck mode, you have a "win window" to kill your opponent before they draw an out. This may not be apparent vs decks without a lot of bombs like folk/zoo, but when you are playing against bomby decks like goblins, landstill and the bant countertop mirrors, this is a significant problem. I've lost games when I have an active soft lock to topdecked ringleaders, siege gang commanders, pernicious deeds, opposing Jace, kotr, vindicate, elspeth, EE, etc etc. Goyf helps you win very quickly within your "win window".

-In conclusion, please play goyf. He is the shitznutz best creature of all time.