The Reaver Cleaver is a lot more expensive, but gives a free refund of all that mana if Rose can connect even once
I could easily see a Hypergenesis deck featuring huge multicolor threats and a lot of copies of Solitude and/or Fury
Being combined with tempo cards of the day like Winter Orb, they'd make the cut in powerful decks called "Frozen Fish" and then after the first typal set ever printed, Fallen Empires pushed the Merfolk creature type as a supported group even more
Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus Reach creatures are often ones that play defense better than offense, but what launches Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus up this ranking is the sheer amount of stats youll get every combat
Keep in mind protectors are not the same thing as controllers
If I was to build her, Id want some more expensive additions to the manabase and ramp package, like Ancient Tomb, Smothering Tithe and even maybe a cheeky Mana Crypt or Jeweled Lotus