He requires a strong mana base and lots of ETB-focused multicolor creatures, but in the right shell, he can churn out relentless tempo and board advantage
You can soft-lock players with cards like Meren of Clan Nel Toth, Abiding Grace, and Tortured Existence to prevent anybody else from having a meaningful combat step
If you look closely at Death's Caress, you can see that the thumb on the giant skeletal hand is slightly dimpling her forehead
Factor in that blue has a ton of ways to draw cards and manipulate the top of its library, and you have the groundwork for a strong value engine
Getting two oil counters on it wont exactly feel amazing anyway youre going to need to get to five before this card starts to do something worthwhile, and thats a lot
These emotions were associated with the IP rather than the delivery method, as the cross between the two media was relatively niche