I just love this one such much!
I mean, with such a card in standard, Vampires would finally have their ultimate removal! I mean, Vampires are 99% mono-black, and no other Deck is, so this would be a very nice strengthening for Vampires.
I also love the simplicity of this card. Sometimes, less is more, and here it finally is!
Thrans comments are probably spot on, at least as a sorcery you cant shaft your opponent quite as much, as its already a lesser day of judgment for 1 mana less on a colour that usually deals with single target removal.
I like it though. I dont know what those cards are FM as I only joined after m10 was released so i dont know any cards that arent standard legal really.
It's hard to explain, but I'll try how MtG was before, or, how MtG changed s much during a couple of years.
Let's start with the X/X for X mana. That was something pretty constant, I mean, Savannah lions, a 2/1 for 1 was a real killer, then.
MtG was more focused on tricks, like cycling and things like that, very few players played Beatdown. To show you a perfect example, I think the very popular "psychatog" Deck would fit here, so here it is:
a possibility of a nice Psychatog Deck:
Maindeck:
4x Counterspell
4x Circular Logic
4x Force Spike
4x Smother
4x Innocent Blood
3x Psychatog
3x Deep Analysis
3x Compulsion
2x Upheaval
2x Cunning Wish
2x Concentrate
9x Island
4x Polluted Delta
4x Underground River
4x Swamp
2x Lonely Sandbar
2x Darkwater Catacombs
Sideboard:
4x Duress
2x Persuasion
2x Callous Oppressor
2x Ghastly Demise
1x Persecute
1x Deep Analysis
1x Compulsion
1x Mana Short
1x Hibernation
I liked this one most cus' it's the combination of cards used so nicely.
Play lot's of cheap spells which can be replayed anyway, get many cards in your grave. Actually, it's a cheap control with Psychatog.
I dont know if I showed you correctly, but that was MtG: No "overpowered" creatures, no Planeswalkers, more combination. Oh man, I loved these old mtG times so much