Druidic staff: Once upgraded becomes very efficient
^ Wut. Nobody uses staff for damage. You want efficiency in a mono life deck, use longsword. Most upped decks use unupped staff for combo with epi. Vampire stiletto and dagger are much more efficient at a ratio of 8 and 6. Jade staff upped has a ratio of 9/2, or 4.5.
You didn't mention trident was a rarer weapon, but now we have arena, so it isn't as hard to find.