Creature - Goblin Shaman Color tag templates(None) Dragonmaster Outcast At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control six or more lands, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying
After going harder into the graveyard-stocking plan, adding better reanimation (Reanimate, Living Death, and Animate Dead) is another good way to up the power
But its Artifacts that are the cream of the crop when it comes to historic
Mana Drain (Legends) No, and There are many counterspells in MTG, including one literally called Counterspell
Did the creature have some kind of leaves-the-battlefield effect, or an ability that would allow it to hang around
You're going to have a lot of different vampires with a lot of different powers, which means Redemption Choir is--at worst-- a Hill Giant with lifelink that can resurrect a three-mana critter