Desert Twister is the functional comparison of this card and that bad boy is an unplayable six mana which doesn't seem an unreasonable price for the effect
Players will also find the new information layout easier to parse during play
You can either go low, and have the lines be fairly weak on their own according, forcing players to find really creative ways to make them work, or go high, and turn them into non skill-based tanks that just rip through the format
They can really take off, however, with some help from special creatures like Bartz And Boko, Sazh Katzroy, and Traveling Chocobo (not the super-expensive serialized version)
It was an incredibly tight round, with the new versions just eking out a 7-6 win over the originals by the end
As a creature, Dark Confidant not only refills your hand but also pressures opponents on the board