the extremely flexible three-mana version, on the other hand, never reached Doom Blade's popularity in Standard
But if your opponents happen to have arbitrarily large life totals-not unheard-of in Commander-its nice that there are Snake cards that can dish out poison counters to keep us on the tribal theme while giving us another angle of attack
And, make no mistake, filling the 'yard accounts for half if not more of the power of this card, especially when you can build around milling yourself with your pick of Delve, reanimation effects, Delirium, Undergrowth, Karador, Ghost ChieftainKarador, Ghost Chieftain, Muldrotha, the GravetideMuldrotha, the Gravetide shenanigans
Everyone should include this into their cube
Youve also got room for token-multiplying cards that duplicate these and pump out plenty of damage if youre playing green
Hellkite Charger has haste, letting you attack with it right away