In Magic, targeting is a very specific action: The ability in question needs to literally spell out target in order to be considered targeting
Purphoros, Bronze-Blooded is also worth consideration for decks that want haste and more creatures to attack with
If you dropped Bramblem Familiar earlier in the game to help smooth out your mana a bit, you can always discard a card to bounce it back to your hand, giving you an opportunity to cast Fetch Quest again
There are a number of these spread across white and black in this set, but flying is the most immediate way to take your creatures with +1/+1 counters and punch straight through any board stall
That said, I don't think any readers here would blame you if you turned a bird in for $200,000 or even $77,000
The problem (in Modern anyway) wasn't that one deck was dominating or that a particular card was obviously broken