This is exactly why reach was invented
Running locally is also the feature, not just the tradeoff
Japanese Sets After Neo Destiny, only the Japanese sets (and one Korean set) still had 1st edition print runs, which ended recently with Sun & Moon
While getting benefits from creatures dying is the default Orzhov strategy, as seen with Elenda, the Dusk Rose and Teysa Karlov, even these legendary creatures go above and beyond to either support creature tokens directly or develop a powerhouse creature that can neither be left unchecked nor allowed to die
Of course, lets just call a spade for a spade
I can only imagine that people dont know the card was in 8th Edition, because thats about the only reason I can come up with that people arent playing it