Lets look at Pit Scorpion as an example
With the right strategy behind it, your Vampire typal deck can dominate the table whether you want fast aggro, clever combos, or calculated control
This card is absurdly good, immediately replenishing your hand after you spent your early turns depleting it by vomiting out mana rocks, and then you have a free counterspell engine chucking those excess mana rocks at people's spells
A lot of decks just want to counter stuff and Farseek a bunch, and this is quite a tempo swing
This can clear the board or just burn your opponent out of the game, whichevers more convenient
2023-10-13 The Thirteenth Doctor's last ability untaps creatures you control with any kind of counter on them, not just creatures you control with +1/+1 counters on them.