Visions was the beginning of a new era of red decks, and not all were so interactive. While Viashino Sandstalker and other aggressive red creatures found a variety of homes, the one we typically remember first was the first true Red Deck Wins, Deadguy Red
Walk-In Closet / Forgotten Cellar FromTheShire: Playing lands from your graveyard is already an extremely valuable effect with the amount of graveyard decks in the format, and then this one comes with a possible Yawgmoth's Will stapled on
Wizards of the Coast (WotC) has been pushing a lot of excellent bite cards lately, such as Archdruids Charm and Ram Through, but Strong wants you to get back to basics with spells that fight, such as Tail Swipe and Primal Might
Nissa Vital Force specifically hurt Protector as she offers a recursion effect as well while being a much more reasonable return of power for the mana
As an aside, there were lots of ongoing debates between creative and design and honestly just about everyone over creature types for this set
