Its first ability is so absurdly powerful that it makes cramming a deck full of mediocre Bird cards an attractive proposition, which is pretty impressive in and of itself
The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was
If the game stretches out, you might even be able to drop the Cordial Vampire and then burst-kill someone out of nowhere, thanks to how well it plays with Kalastria Highborn and Blood Artist when fueled by zero-mana sacrifice outlets such as Viscera Seer, Stromkirk Condemned, and Bloodthrone Vampire
In todays article, I will suggest the top non-legendary* cards you might want to add to a deck you already are playing
Considering that these are some of the rarest Pokmon (or MTG too, I suppose?) cards in existence, I don't think a whole 1.5 off of the condition rating is too egregious
Image editing software like Photoshop is used to adjust size, color balance, and contrast to mimic the original cards as closely as possible