The card in itself isnt terrible, however, even in a strictly mutate deck, there are better 1-drop creatures to run over it, like Slippery Boggle
Because of this, the way Secret Lair drops gain excess value is by having a high number of cards in an absolute sense, with some of these cards likely having inexpensive original printings but that end up having more valuable Secret Lair printings
Watermark: Sultai Illustrated by Zack Stella Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Legal Historic Not Legal Modern Legal Brawl Not Legal Legacy Legal Comp
Curve first
Nagashima cited Shintaro Itos Mega Audino deck, which won him the 2016 Pokemon World Championships in the Masters Division, as a recent examplehe didnt expect the card to be nearly as viable as it was
Be aware that some players will fear Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose because of those Sanguine Bond combos and try to kill you on sight