That's why many fans gravitate toward just a few, such as Standard and Commander
Heartfire Hero can very quickly grow in stats, and burn for its power whenever it dies
Nonetheless, Silk, Web WeaverSilk, Web Weaver makes good use of it: It almost ensures you're going to get the bodies needed to recast it and it can also count on a nice board-pumping ability that synergizes very well with its threatening static ability
Its a strategy thats been quite literally burned into the framework of the game since the day Lightning Bolt was printed
This is a true control deck where these things really matter, and putting up a half-baked version now would do more harm than good
Even later games like my favorite, Nightmare Troubadour, would have issues like this because theres a lot of logic required for certain effects to work properly