It costs just three mana to animate, an affordable rate in the creature lands world, and it also gets around a major downside of creature lands: the creature being killed in combat, thus losing you the land
Meanwhile, Engine Rat is a perfect reanimation target for Dune Drifter, delivering value in the mid-game before depleting your opponents life in the late game
At the beginning of combat on your turn, target Villain you control gains menace until end of turn
But it also runs plenty of hand disruption, which should ensure you can stop your play pattern from getting messed up
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Descend 4, Descend 8, and Fathomless Descent Closely connected to descending are three ability words used to highlight abilities that all care about the number of permanent cards in your graveyard