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It has both first strike and deathtouch, lets you play an additional land on each of your turns, and forces your opponents' creatures and nonbasic lands to enter the battlefield tapped

It effectively counters control decks by making spells and abilities uncounterable, plus it stops any damage from being prevented

Even better, Karazikar taps that creature down for the turn so it can't just callously block and avoid attacking

I can understand, based on the 13 cards that carry the mechanic, why it wasn't more popular, but with the right setup of graveyard interaction, this mechanic has every chance to come back bigger and better in a future set

The first sacrifices an Island to make it unblockable