Getting to have some Ward with it, or using a combat trick to grant Shroud that leaves your creature unblockable afterwards is really the best thing Equipment has given us this year
Similar to Child of Alara, this commander also lets you run any group hug card in the game such as Mana Flare or Noble Benefactor
It's safe to assume that each of the sub-archetypes should be played independently of one another, and this is possible to do, but in order to unleash a HERO deck's true power a duelist must combine the best cards from each sub-archetype into one deck
Not Pelican, but something similar
Broadly speaking, the "Vampire" Deck in 2022 is a control-oriented strategy focusing on controlling the field by battle and gaining advantage by Special Summoning monsters from the opponent's GY, supplemented by strong generic Zombie support cards
Mana Drain is a 2-mana counterspell that counters a spell and gives you colorless mana equal to the countered spell's cost on your next turnan incredibly efficient card where you should play it if you own a copy