A Zombie who gets +1/+1 for each creature in your grave at a given moment, Jarad has the potential to become a huge powerhouse with enough self-milling
These can be hard to find and even harder to pull by chance, so it is a nice surprise when you do find one
This deck is very adept at drawing cards and having huge creatures in play, so itll often offer a huge buff and draw you a ton of cards
Thats roughly what Ill be aiming for with these alternatives: all budget equivalents I show will cost significantly less than the price of their premium counterpart, but will retain the majority of the originals power
The icing on the cake is that it gives the rest of your board haste, which means you can pump a sorcery speed token spell, get an instant board, and then use that board to refill your hand
I do love the upside-down version of this card from the Secret Lair crossover though, and the card can gather quite a bit of card advantage at tables that are amenable to 8-drops