Sleeves Draft decks can be played unsleeved, but sleeves make shuffling easier and protect valuable pulls
Outside of their own activated abilities, they have enough upside to justify cards like Sparring Construct in the deck
It has a low curve with perfect mana, and while it lacks any real card advantage, it tries to make up for that with Bladeback Sliver, which offers a huge payoff for running out of cards
Lord Xander, the Collector is a much heavier creature, a 6/6 for 7, but it brings enough power to make it worth the cost
Giving a single creature fear for a turn with Aphotic Wisps is fine, but the card always replaces itself, which means theres a really high floor already