It reminds me of Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker, but a little more balanced and has access to white, so you can play cards like Village Bell-Ringer, which go infinite with Ashnods Altar
This trilogy are all very strong and the first two combine the power of a Chupacabra effect with the speed of flash to really dominate the board and you can two cards from one at instant speed with the Murder and then with the blocking by the Deathmark on a smaller dork to kill it out of nowhere plus the card itself that must be answered
Turning life into mana, even colorless mana, is an insanely good deal
Even if someone gets lucky with an expensive card, most people will walk away with significantly less impressive cards
and adding him to your hand can throw your opponent off quite a bit
It introduced Mega Evolutions and sleek new card frames that felt fast and modern