Many decks need a good evasive 1-drop, so this black shapeshifter often gets things done
Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues you control have deathtouch and "Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may remove a hit counter from a card that player owns in exile
Finding ways to add ramp, removal, and card draw in 20 instants and sorceries will be rough, and I'll lean on other types to help me out here and there
That's because being able to efficiently remove a bunch of characters with one card is very good for tempo and card advantage
2 Exhume Returning to cards legal in Legacy and Vintage only, Exhume is one half of the most faithful reanimation deck in existence, which is aptly named "Reanimator"
The first is that it has the keyword myriad so when you swing at one foe, you swing at them all, so it scales up in multiplayer