At first glance, its ability may seem like a drawback, but in this deck, discarding to pay the echo cost allows you to very easily curve into a turn three Hollow One
Patron of the Vein ( Commander 2017 ) Another absolute belter from Commander 2017 (seriously, how good were the made-for-Commander cards in that product?!), Patron of the Vein is one of my personal favorite Vampire cards
Body Count, Midnight Reaper, and Grim Haruspex reward us with cards for fallen friends
If Gaston - Pure Paragon does make it out onto the board, he's certainly battle-ready, with ten strength, six willpower, and the Rush ability
Snow Villiers While lacking some of the downside of some similar creatures, you also have a capped upside on a middling cost creature without evasion who can be rendered impotent by destruction of other things
It provides card advantage in grindy matchups and acts as a small body in faster ones