Putting a P/T boost and trample anthem on a huge 5/5 with haste for the top end of your creature deck and jumping into combat just makes sense, so much so that Wizards has since printed toned-down versions like End-Raze Forerunners and Demolisher Spawn
That is, something repeated across many cards that helps make the set function
Islandswamp: I know that you're an avid gamer, was there a particular Magic deck that you enjoyed playing back in Magic's early days
I typically only run Wretched Confluence in such places, all other black five drops seem a bit much
You can also tap it, pay one black mana, and remove a dread counter to draw a card and lose one life
Many of these cards have had art that could only be found on Magic Online or Magic Arena, and these arts will be ported over to paper for the first time