I had already gotten MTG cards as presents before then, but it wasn't the same thing as buying my own packs and getting an 11-mana 11/11 indestructible creature with trample
Nevertheless, one would be hard-pressed to find a more suitable looking Pokmon for Halloween
There are some pleasant synergies with this card that can soft lock your opponents out through resetting persist with things like Hex Parasite
Two-mana cycling uses your entire second turn, which puts you significantly behind in a Constructed match
This Looter is a lot of things all in one neat package and so gets a lot of slots for doing two different things in the deck, sometimes you need a two drop to even your curve, sometimes you need evasion to utilize other effects and have a way of winning, sometimes you simply need more bodies in your build, sometimes you are land light and really want some more early draw to make your land drops more likely and sometimes you have some situational spells you really want a good way of putting to alternate use
Play this as early as possible