There's shattering glass at the forefront with a face inside the shards
Against removal-heavy decks, I tend to play it real safe with my Etched Champions
(The same older printings of this card also fail to reference the "battle" card type, which didn't exist at the time, but Tarmogoyf's ability still counts that card type.)
Xavier Sal, Infested Captain You can play Xavier Sal, Infested Captain as a token commander, a +1/+1 counters commander, a planeswalker commander, a saga commander, a proliferate commander its incredibly flexible
Or you can build a Simic lands deck using all the weird subtypes to get an advantage
The likelihood of this mechanic remaining a thing in non-Fallout sets is also considerably low, further reducing its viability as more and more new sets get released