So if I list one of your own pet cards, and your playgroup is fine Spiking your metagame to the 12thdegree, then that's fine
In it's textured-foil version, it's currently around $50
Rakdos Tree 4 Bloodtithe Harvester 4 Agatha's Soul Cauldron 4 Blackcleave Cliffs 4 Blightstep Pathway 4 Blood Crypt 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker 4 Fatal Push 4 Tree of Perdition 4 Voldaren Epicure 4 Voldaren Thrillseeker 4 Thoughtseize 3 Inti, Seneschal of the Sun 3 Mutavault 3 Raucous Theater 2 Swamp 2 Flamecache Gecko 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire 1 Mountain 1 Castle Locthwain 3 Path of Peril 3 Leyline of the Void 2 Duress 2 Laughing Jasper Flint 2 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary 2 Alpine Moon 1 Jegantha, the Wellspring Rakdos Tree shows that Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord plus Vein Ripper was not the only combo available for a black-red midrange deck
The first +1 effect is a simple looting ability
Phyrexian Obliterator, for example, really serves a deck that is not super prevalent in Historic right nowtheres not a strong Mono-Black (deck) that is really making a lot of waves