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I really like how fresh this design feels for Zombies, leaning more into the concept of a Zombie hoard rather than encouraging another aristocrats or reanimator strategy

Then there are mash-up commanders like The Archimandrite or Butch DeLoria, Tunnel Snake that combine strange typal synergies together

This card may not have the ceiling that some other cards on this list do, but it has a very high floor, since it almost always kills something important and leaves behind a body as a bonus

The utility of being able to use this as a (sorcery-speed) pump spell in addition to the fight mechanic was extremely valuable to those decks at the time, which were full of cards like Questing Beast, Lovestruck Beast, Gemrazer, Kazandu Mammoth and other beefy creatures that benefited heavily from fighting