It could just be in the mix to give a third early attacker for redundancy, but my best guess is it's there to punish all the two-Pokmon Water decks that have been cropping up lately
Format rotation in September 2023 transitioned the set from competitive play to pure collecting, triggering 300%+ appreciation on alt arts while competitive-only cards depreciated
The last problem is that it puts strange conditions on what costs you can play and means that you really can't play many early game spells without disrupting your cascade chains
While Vecna itself is powerful, we can't guarantee that we'll draw all three pieces (The Book of Vile Darkness, Eye of Vecna, and Hand of Vecna), which means the big challenge is trying to make the individual Vecna pieces as strong as possible so our deck can compete pre-Vecna, while also knowing that the Zombie God should be able to take over the game once we find all three pieces
Liliana of the Veil For a long time, Liliana of the Veil was a $40-50 staple card across all Magic formats, and now it sits around $10
The longer version is worth reading if you care about shipping expectations, refund rules, and how proxies fit into casual play vs sanctioned tournaments