The top end of the range for this card caps out at about $32, leaving plenty of room to find one for a cheaper price, especially if you're willing to settle for damaged copies, which you might find for under ten dollars, depending on how much damage you're willing to tolerate
It isnt quite a Vampiric Tutor, but its immediately better than a lot of other mono-black ways of searching your deck, like Diabolic Tutor or Grim Tutor
He also lets Birds of Paradise attack (and boosts up Noble Hierarch) improving many of the creatures that naturally aid in his casting while hurting many of the most popular tournament creatures due to the usual preference for power over toughness
Remember: the key to figuring out new cards is not to pick the good ones and dismiss the bad or overrated ones, its figuring out how to use all of the new cards
He was clearly someone that wasnt a casual card hunter, and seeing him there was a good indication that we may be on to something this morning