Mechanically, shes a little more out of place but as a ramp tool, youd be hard-pressed to find a better one for Black
Misty's Tears Again, the artwork was changed between the Japanese and English release of Misty's Tears , and I can see why
'Legend' was originally just a creature type in these older cards, but in the future they would become essentially a supertype -- an extra adjective that tells you that this card falls under 'Legend rules', which means that only one copy of a card with the same name can exist on the board at any time (later changed to only one copy existing under the control of a player)
Should the worst come to pass for that Demon Vampire, you get to draw a card and then replace it with a tapped 4/3 Vampire Demon creature token that also has flying
Short of the hostile environment for creatures well discuss momentarily, you can keep him from hitting you with Fog effects, especially those that make the creature not untap next turn-like Tangle