Strefan requires you to keep swinging with your vampires, and so not having any way of getting them back out of the graveyard can be a big downside
Its still not exciting, but with so many more ways to spit out ally tokens, this seems like its the best its ever been, though still not quite premium commander material
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You can only use this effect of "Bio-Insect Armor" once per turn
return this card to your hand
Leyline Axe does have some advantages over Embercleave in a few situations: If you have fewer than 2 attackers, it costs less mana to equip It can be run in non-red decks It is non-legendary, so you can have multiple copies in play If Leyline Axe is not in your opening hand, it is considerably worse and essentially a dead draw