This is a fresh Lifesteal SMP that opened on February 9th so nobody is super far ahead yet. It plays like classic lifesteal where you steal hearts when you kill players and if you die too much you can get wiped.
The server keeps it as vanilla as possible and the spawn area is protected. There is a 10000 by 10000 world border so the world feels contained and active.
One big twist is there are only 3 maces on the whole server and it is first come first serve. It supports all new Java versions and Bedrock players can join too. The server has around 20 to 30 active players and it is growing.

