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Exquisite Blood You rarely see Exquisite Blood without Sanguine Bond for the insta-kill combo, but its perfectly respectable on its own

If youre asking why, just imagine this: the blue player untaps, plays a land, then just passes the turn

While one mana is pretty easy to pay, the ward effect has the potential to keep your creature protected across several turns, or at least tax your opponent so they cant do multiple things in a turn

Being able to combo with other versions of him makes him even more reliable than before, and honestly, giving you the chance to draw cards from your burn spells makes him better than ever

Sometimes there are downsides

A huge portion of that is specifically for trading cards