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These spells have a normal effect that's beneficial in most decks of their color, such as drawing one card for one mana, but instead of getting to scry first like you would with the more popular Opt, they provide you with energy, which only benefits energy decks

Add in a touch of synergy from cards like Disciple of the Vault and Marionette Master, and you get a lovely dish

While Edgar Markov's other ability definitely makes attacking with it successfully valuable, just casting Vampire spells in general will amass a favorable board state

Vren's last ability counts any creatures your opponents controlled that were exiled this turn, including creature tokens