Your equipped creature gains protection from white and black, another removal-heavy combination of colors that helps to keep your creature around longer
As the protagonist of the film explores an unfamiliar setting and its unusual inhabitants, he eventually uncovers a deeper mystery tied to the island dwellers pagan rituals around failing crops (or in the 2006 version, dwindling honey production)
First, it brings back a creature from any graveyard
Like Grinding Station, the potential of that ability alone elevates the Analyst from nondescript bit player to combo win condition best showcased in a Constructed deck like Modern Amulet Titan, where the Analyst is looped to first access and then enable land-based combo kills
Im partial to the Swords cycle myself
Kaalia of the Vast can cheat it from your hand (since it's a dragon), Yuna, Hope of Spira can bring it back from your graveyard (since it's an enchantment), and Esper Terra can copy it and trigger most of Bahamut's value by advancing three chapters: Summon: Bahamut isnt legendary, so Esper Terra has no problem copying it
