With so many possible interactions, Ill highlight two
It doesnt have to tap to use its ability, and it doesnt care how your opponents lost life when giving out extra colorless mana
(It deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.) I think Chandra just wanted something to blame random scorch marks on. Jace Beleren Illustrated by Josu Hernaiz Standard Not Legal Alchemy Not Legal Pioneer Legal Historic Legal Modern Legal Brawl Legal Legacy Legal Comp
As it happens, Magic as a game loves to utilize horror quite a bit and dips its toes into the creepier side of things every now and again
Deck #2 Savage Cookie | Eldraine Standard | CGB 10-31-2019 Creatures (20) 4 Gingerbrute 4 Inquisitive Puppet 4 Locthwain Gargoyle 4 Steel Overseer 4 Venerated Loxodon Planeswalkers (3) 3 Gideon Blackblade Enchantments (8) 4 All That Glitters 4 Conclave Tribunal Artifacts (6) 2 Manifold Key 4 Glass Casket Lands (23) 18 Plains 1 Karn's Bastion 4 Castle Ardenvale Of all the decks I tried, I don't think any deck had a lower individual power rating for cards than this one
Cards like Haakon, Stromgald Scourge and Knights' Charge make that constant recursion even more powerful