Contraband Livestock is a fine replacement, and probably displaces Fateful Absence and the like, and a great budget option too
I can lead with a Faithless Looting and discard two Bloodghasts and then I can put a fetch land into play to trigger the vampire spirits to come back
Thornling on the other hand felt way better
Every turn you can use it to draw a card and play a free dragon, actions that can get out of control pretty swiftly
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