BPhillipYork: This is nice for swinging your commander through if it absolutely has to deal combat damage for a trigger or something like that
The immediate benefit, however, is that you have access to White's unparalleled removal spells, especially enchantment removal that traditional Red/Black Vampire decks can't easily deal with
According to the Alpha rules, you can use Iron Stars effect an infinite number of times each time a red spell is cast
While not exactly a funny card, it is a fun piece of trivia that I always like to share
That didn't make the Scarecrow bad, but most Magic players value offense over defense
Likewise, Sindbad is another card thats on color, and has synergy with the rest of the strategy, but is somewhat inefficient for what it does, and makes all of the cheap removal in the opponents deck (such as Chain Lightning) more relevant