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1 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

If you can take two thirds of the best uses for a card away along with half its overall utility and still have a playable card then it suggests a lot about the power of that card in the first place

They are not the best decks in format but the difference between a deck built from what you happen to have and an "optimal" deck (if that's even a thing in this format) are way smaller than in Standard or Expanded formats

Vampires can undoubtedly be cool and powerful, and sometimes, they can hold decently high price tags, too

However, the disadvantage you're creating for yourself is almost always less than the total amount of disadvantage you're causing to your opponents , especially in black where you have ample graveyard recursion at your disposal