I could see using this in Pauper EDH or a homebrew format with a similarly restrained power level, such as only uncommon commanders or budget decks, but I dont see this zombie horror holding open to an open playing field
I think that shell play really well in the 99 of established decks led by commanders such as Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons or Ghave, Guru of Spores to help you draw all the cards
The Blue-Black Limited Archetype: Fairie Control Wilds of Eldraine 's blue-black draft archetype taps into this set's main story, where most people on the entire Eldraine plane fall into a cursed slumber and Ashiok profits greatly from it, creating a "Sleeping Beauty" theme
The flavor is the creature creates a shadow version of itself upon dying, meaning the creature has to be killed twice
Cards like Return to the Ranks and Eerie Interlude allow you to get your defenders back into the field and draw a bunch of cards
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