Theyre all extremely flexible, cheap, and powerful
activated abilitys are not limited to creatures or permanents my point: it is still a creature ability because it is on a creature card
This planeswalker is also great at protecting itself, as its second ability gives you both a body to block with and can serve as removal if you have enough creatures on the board
Black in Standard can pair with literally any second color and post results, while Waste Not has finally ascended to genuine meta deck over in Pioneer
If a player is attacked and doesnt have any creatures on the field to block with, or any special cards in their hand to defend themselves with, they subtract the attacking creatures power from their life total
Burn isnt going anywhere, so make sure you have the tools to fight it.