Outside of mana dorks and Serra Ascendant it's pretty rare to see a 1 CMC creature come down on turn one and have it be a great play
If we attack an opponent with three creatures and they block one of them we can choose to flicker the bounced creature to take it out of combat, and make the other two creatures that much bigger
If you were fortunate to hold onto your cards since 1999 you may want to look what cards you haveespecially Charizards
All of these cards are over-costed by one mana because you get the Embalm benefit
Playing this on two and then getting a creature later sounds awesome This has good aggressive stats, and the symmetrical effect will sometimes punish your opponent This probably isnt as good as the land cyclers in Blue, Black, and Green, as those are the colors that are best with the graveyard, but Red isnt completely uninterested in the yard, and the creature you get here isnt the most inefficient thing either
It was the default party commander for years, until The Destined Warrior was printed