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Couldn't it at least have had an interesting mind control themed ability

Change the text of that creature by replacing all instances of one creature type with Vampire

But some of the renew cards are very cool designs when taken as a whole, in a way that the most broken delve cards are not: Treasure Cruise is a slow Ancestral Recall with extra steps, while Rot-Curse Rakshasa or Naga Fleshcrafter are unique, interesting cards

Survives Shocks and their equivalents, guaranteed to get its value back in damage, and both a good attacker and defender

So it's not that unbalanced in my experience, but the opportunity to draft a dud deck is greater than most other Standard sets

A few anthems or mass pump/buff effects make an alpha attack an appealing way to win