Another Archon of Suns Grace-adjacent effect is always nice, and hell be slamming in as 5/5 lifelink before you know it, which can really swing a game
Edgar Markov, the father of the famous planeswalker Sorin Markov, is depicted in this card in all of his opulence, posturing with a cup of red liquid in a way befitting of the first vampire of Innistrad
Having a bunch of card draw and recursion makes the deck surprisingly good at grinding through removal, and the janky-looking "draw a second card" creatures are actually surprisingly strong in a deck built to support them
Me, Id still run all copies of Nazgl that I can put in the deck, because honestly, when are you ever going to have all nine of them along with Witch-king on the battlefield
Also, with the printings of new removal spells which are heavily played, the format is not truly missing out on interaction to deal with a 2/1
Card advantage is one thing, but another important element in deck building is synergy