I also value its built-in card draw as a handy tool over the course of the game, and more useful than a conditional finisher being in the command zone
Considering his second ability makes all your creatures unable to be blocked, any cards that grant you monarch become potentially game-enders when you have a big board
The chained-up bald dude on the Khans of Tarkir token (bottom left) was the first new art zombie to be printed on the updated card frame
The drawback here is a creature or artifact sacrifice, but in today's game with treasure and other artifact tokens plentiful, this may not be so painful
Arena of Heros Plane: Zaegoth When you planeswalk to Arena of Heros, you become the monarch
While there are a few spells to deal with the combo (Cleansing Wildfire, Waking the Trolls) overall it is two hard of a combo to interact with for some decks