This is Commander
It also shuts down damage to you if you cast it after Foretelling it, which can stop huge aggro swings or burn combos in their tracks
Paying a whopping 7 mana just to play and equip this card if it isn't in your opening hand feels like a hard ask for any Aggro deck, which is a hard bargain to sell
Tidus, Zanarkand Fayth (Thrasios, Triton Hero) You'd be hard-pressed to see Thrasios played anywhere other than low-powered Merfolk Commander decks, but the Final Fantasy X cover art is the big selling point here
Altars second ability exiles one assassin card from your graveyard each time it attacks, then makes a tapped-and-attacking token for each card its exiled so far
If youre ever at a GP and you see a giant flashing CUBE DRAFT sign, go over, say hi, and be ready to draft.