mtg beta set card list / Are people still buying alpha/beta

Now we get a 2-mana creature that does the same thing AND that grows very fast in a deck like, say, Izzet Affinity

(You are way behind if, at any point during this turn, an opponent had 10 or more life than you, controlled at least three more creatures than you, or had at least three more cards in hand than you.) To determine if you are way behind, check the game state as it was at any point during the current turn, regardless of whether Knight of Lost Causes was on the battlefield at that time

I would drop Dormant Sliver, Metallic Sliver and The Locust God and add in Brood Sliver, Toxin Sliver, and Kindred Summons

However, when it comes to sheer flexibility of use and overall resourcefulness, the longer we thought about it, the more evident it became