It enters the battlefield with three loyalty counters and immediately ticks up to four while grabbing a land from your graveyard and thus replacing itself
Prominent aristocrats like Carrion Feeder, Falkenrath Aristocrat, and Korvold, Fae-Cursed King become quite large as a result of their sacrificing abilities
I really love Earthshaker Dreadmaw for its callback to Colossal Dreadmaw, reprinted so much that its become a Magic meme card, and now its a sweet card drawing engine
The best verbal wizard serves in the game are reserved for this highly-reprinted real estate
After a bit of consideration, I decide that I like Phyrexian Tower the most since it doesnt cost mana to activate, and it sacrifices the creature as a mana ability, allowing us to recast the creature without a window for graveyard hate
Secondly it has the capacity to be as effective as Actual Counterspell for half the mana which in itself is a strong effect but also means that any time you stop a spell with Force Spike you feel like you have gained value which is rarely the case when your Actual Counterspell is baited out on a lowly one drop
