Their ultimate is where things get really silly though
Giving creatures the ability to attack or tap on the same turn they enter the battlefield under your control lets you quickly apply pressure to opponents through big stats, attack triggers, and powerful abilities the table would otherwise have a turn to respond to
Sorcery-schmorcery, who cares if it isnt Instant
It requires you to play basic lands or domain mana to come down untapped, but Archway of Innovation dishing out improvise is insane with the number of artifact tokens out there
Menace (This creature cant be blocked except by two or more creatures.).Nightbound (If a player casts at least two spells during their own turn, it becomes day next turn.)
In Commander, the latter aspect is by far the most relevant, earning Ranger-Captain a slot in many cEDH lists as an efficient way to protect combo turns