To top it all off, because its a two mana creature, you can even bring it back from your graveyard with Lurrus of the Dream-Den
This gives you the power to manipulate your next draws and set up your deck for the perfect turn
But simply getting to hold up countermagic and still have the chance to cast such a high-impact spell makes this quite strong, especially since you might get to do it again
Most decks want rocks that provide colored mana, enter untapped, and are low mana value
This can be casualty sacrifice at least a 2/1 to hit two players in multiplayer or to punish a bigger deck game like Five Color and Commander
When Edgar Markov decides to join the battle, he comes out the gates swinging, immediately attacking for 5 and buffing your Vampire army in the process -- the perfect follow-up to all the free tokens he's been adding to your army