Its also got a problem in the promo department
North Wind Avatar North Wind Avatar sees some play in current Standard because its a large body that gets something out of your sideboard (in formats that allow you to have one)
Lastly, we have Lady Tremaine - Wicked Stepmother as, basically, another copy of every action in your deck
The Stroke might cost one more mana than Braingeyser, but it has several advantages: It's an instant, it's more splashable, and it has better support cards
Magic: The Gathering 's UB sets will likely keep doing this with other popular cards, and it's one of the reasons why Collector packs always become so expensive
Sven Stolz Another card which I was surprised seeing in the top 5, Relic of Progenitus has been the go-to graveyard hate when it came to Modern for a long time