It's also wholly unique thanks to its passive ability, allowing it to be a commander, and making it interact with anything that interacts with a creature card outside the battlefield
If their strength is lower than their willpower, they take damage and damage counters equal to the strength value are placed on the card
Thats not bad on its own, but it also gives all of your creatures +2/+2 if you have at least seven more life than you started with
You can reanimate something the turn it comes into play, as well as every future turn you choose to attack, assuming you have the cards in the graveyard the pair requires
While the deck has its share of legendary creatures, meaning Gimli will get quite large, the fact that he isnt a human and doesnt do anything with the monarch mechanic makes him stick out quite a bit
A 1-mana 3/3 flying that smooths your draws how far weve come from the days of Flying Men and Storm Crow