Stealing an opposing phase is awesome
And well, thats accurate, but this commander still has a place, specifically because it lacks Chatterfangs prestige
Summing Up As a result, the Commander format is a popular casual format of Magic: The Gathering
Even in a world with mana burn (where you lost life if you didnt spend all the mana in your mana pool between phases), I still cannot understand why this card saw print, let alone why the prospect of losing a few points of life was considered sufficient downside for generating 2-7 mana in a color not known for mana ramp
Karakas would work on offense and defense in EDH, saving your own commander and stealing lots of tempo from opponents
Then during combat, it deals 2 damage to Caged Zombie again, which only now deals its own damage