Its a perfect bridge piece for decks that want both mana and card advantage
As I talked about when I discussed Werewolves during preview weeks, originally the human side was only a Human and the Werewolf side was only a Werewolf
These decks want to keep their life totals low to keep Deaths Shadows stats high, all while protecting their creatures and managing the opponents board with limited mana
Kozilek, the Great Distortion For a good while, if you wanted to build a colorless EDH deck, Kozilek, the Great Distortion was probably your general of choice
Exiling things from graveyards is something you just want to do in Magic, as it can often disrupt your opponents gameplan
If you remove at least one damage from a character, Ancient Insight kicks in and gives Grand Pabbie two more additional lore