It has draw, protection, creature token creation, and direct damage
You could do the exact same for Town-Razer Tyrant, even though the dragon's ability doesn't actually involve a counter of any kind
Heres an attempt at a more dedicated Abandoned Sarcophagus deck: Creatures (8) Lands (26) Spells (28) Here, were kind of just playing a non-blue battlefield control deck that eventually takes over the game with Abandoned Sarcophagus
The same day Rosewater published his retrospective on the Lorwyn blocks mechanics, Wizards also began publishing a daily series of Lorwyn Eclipsed short stories presented as audio dramas
As its an instant and not a permanent on the battlefield, this spell is harder to play around than most of the other cards on this list
Also, for an additional cost of one of each mana type, you may untap all attacking creatures, giving them trample, lifelink, and haste until the end of the turn, and trigger another combat phase