Cards like Isabella Madrigal, Caring Cultivator and Ming Lee, Giant Red Panda both interact with damage counters and healing, but The Madrigal Family only really offers high willpower and ink ramp, which isn't enough to offset the volume of other, more useful cards in this set
Atraxa, Praetors Voice Im not saying that more Atraxa is necessarily good for the format, but there are certainly people who wanted to play it who werent since they either couldnt get their hands on one or the price was a bit too high
A lot of players prefer "Limited" formats such as these to begin with, and as such are able to play Magic week in, week out without spending more than they would going to see a movie
If they are going to need more than a playset, and the token has potential to be valuable
Both of these cards are at their best against combo decks, but they're still very good versus midrange and control
Yawgmoth's Bargain is surprisingly different to Necropotence despite its obvious similarities, it is less onerous on black requirement yet much more mana intensive to get on line