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Their power was so great they were restricted or banned in most formats

Ive even used elves like Birchlore Rangers to hard-cast Atraxa, which is emminently doable at seven mana

+1: Exile the top card of your library

You've also got Regeneration (Boneknitter), graveyard love (Corpse Connoisseur), graveyard hate (Crypt Creeper), life loss (Organ Grinder), tutoring (Corpse Harvester), edicts (Fleshbag Marauder), Necropotence variants (Graveborn Muse), and can even destroy the occasional enchantment (Quagmire Druid)

Thats some massive upside in heavy counters decks, and this is already a fairly aggressive survival creature on its own