Throw in cards like Death Cloud, and you can end up with a ton of extra permanents in play under your control
Despite not necessarily fitting into every Vampire-focused strategy, Bloodghast is still a great card, and sits at $9 despite being reprinted multiple times
But Petrified Hamlet lets you choose a land card name and disable the activated abilities of all instances of that card except for its mana production
Wanting to play it turn one also reduces the value of cards like Inquisition of Kozilek which are ideally what you lead with so as to remain safest and in the most control of the game
But in the original set, some of the best cards, like the starter pokemon, were Stage 2 cards
As far as programming and art go, I'm not actively in need of any assistance (although, any artists/spriters willing to contribute, or programmers familiar with Unity are welcome)