Literally my exact thought. Damn Wizards this is not the set to be cowards.
Like, I guess they may have done this for limited with all the changelings running around? It sounds like the "set for modern" idea was an afterthought after reading MaRo's article this morning. They also may have done this for mono-black devotion zombies decks in modern? I don't know. Either way, it was probably the wrong decision from a gameplay perspective. Zombies do not have enough good 2-drops.