Standing up to a long list of similar cards from Fleshbag Marauder to Merciless Executioner, Accursed Marauder stands out because of two things
Ragost Lobsterfolk, he/him Being the most infamous ship's chef in Sothera, Ragost claims to have served on almost every freelancer vessel in the system, been engaged to a Eumidian princess, fought his way through a half-dozen KMN cruisers with nothing but a frying pan, turned down a Sunstar field commission, communed with the star god in Uthros's core, and been expelled from the Monoists' refectory on Susur Secundi
Once-fringe Sideboard cards are going to suddenly shine There are at least five different compelling Lich's Mastery shells -- in five different color combinations
This is made all the better by the notion being turned on its head somewhat with the Core Set 2021 printing of Village Rites - and its Kaldheim blood eagle art reprint, while featuring a different context, is no less disturbing in its own way