Usually overrun effects are a dime-a-dozen in green, and new ones tend to tread the same ground
You pay the escalate cost for each mode you choose beyond the first
Amber/Emerald has plenty of other ways to befuddle your opponent While the current way you play Amber/Emerald is a pretty hard discard strategy, that doesnt mean discarding is the only thing at your disposal
Its ability immediately doubles your creatures power and toughness during combat, so you can get a massive attack the turn Zopandrel hits the battlefield
Brudiclad has been erratad to be a Phyrexian artificer, and thats already far too long for the physical creature type line to fit myr even if this creatures status as a Phyrexian didnt clearly suggest a different story
Oh, and of course Soultraders a zombie, in addition to having two other relevant creature types