Thought-Knot Seer has an opponent reveal their hand, and you get to exile something from it
MTG's Vehicle set just didn't take itself seriously, and seemed more like a Saturday morning cartoon than a high-stakes romp through Avishkar, Amonkhet, and Muraganda
Today, her spot has been usurped by The Scarab God, a ridiculous creature that gives you far more value for a lower mana cost and dodges most commander tax
While that last part used to be a bit tricky, necessitating clunky cards like the infamous Icy ManipulatorIcy Manipulator, the answer to how to break parity with Static OrbStatic Orb gets a lot easier in the format where you always start with the same card in your "hand" every game
Cordial Vampire I think I just really like polite vampires
You can see the hunt of where the developers were going with the card, even though they clearly went off the rails there