While this feeling is true on its face we haven't seen $700 Standard decks in quite a while perhaps looking at the history of Standard deck prices can lend context to the current prices and why they feel so extreme
So, while your cards may be less powerful than Leyline of the Void in a vacuum, they gain a lot of stock once your opponent shuffles in a stack of blanks before game two
Its also less restrictive in what triggers it
Although both attacks deal low damage, this strategy allows you to stall effectively and annoy the majority of your opponents
Eddie Brock / Venom, Lethal Protector Venom, Lethal Protector has a pretty standard Jund text box: Sacrifice a large creature, get a large payoff
Aetherize, Merfolk Sovereign, Sage of Fables, Stonybrook Banneret, and Branching Evolution all received new art in this deck