Sheoldred, the Apocalypse and Orcish Bowmasters punish your opponents for drawing cards and serve as a consistent method of dealing damage or draining life
Growing your team while also becoming a big threat in its own right makes this a staple of the archetype
After all, there are 16 main-line games in the franchise, and each of them has dozens of named characters
Looking back now, 5 mana is an awful lot to ask of an enchantment that doesnt do anything when it enters the battlefield, but if allowed to sit on the battlefield after a board wipe or a couple turns of play from an Aristocrats strategy (decks that derive value from sacrificing creatures), Black Market can quickly generate game-winning amounts of black mana
Kyurem is now a very effective counter to that strategy , since players likely wont want to risk letting Kyurem hit three of their Pokmon just to play a trainer card
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