Unexpectedly Absent is a flexible piece of removal because you can use it to bury an opponent's best permanent or you can cast it for X=0 to give them a huge tempo hit when they've cast something expensive and you'd rather not see them untap with it next turn
The tribe does have certain strengths you can capitalize on and weaknesses you can mitigate, and you CAN make a sweet and effective deck that wins games
Drivers : Rising card values, growth of TCG retail stores, and increased collector focus on presentation
Barret Wallace Mana Value: 3R Rarity: Uncommon Type: Legendary Creature Human Rebel Stats: 4/4 Card Text: Reach
Others, like 1993s Serra Angel, just represent an iconic printing from Magics history
This means there are hundreds of thousands of individual serialized cards out there, although some have smaller runs than others