You do need to play him in a very synergistic deck to abuse his abilities, so the natural home is alongside creatures with the Undying ability
Feraligatr and Flygon dominate , and the gold-star Dragonite and Rayquaza are grail-tier cards
Again, if we end up heavy black, Sadistic Sacrament taking Laboratory Maniac and Lightning Storm is technically a harder knockout against Ad Nauseam than Slaughter Games, as they could still win via Laboratory Maniac plus Spoils of the Vault
SE Secret Rare Three Thousand Needles X EARTH Level 8 [ BeastEffect ] ATK 3000 DEF 1800 At the end of the Damage Step, if this Defense Position card was attacked by a monster whose ATK is lower than this card's DEF: Destroy the attacking monster
[spoiler=Paracide Invader] Paracide Invader Level 2 EARTH Insect/Tuner ATK 500 DEF 300 You can only use each effect of this card's name once per turn (1)If this card your opponent owns is in your hand: discard 1 other card from your hand (if any) and special summon this card to your opponent's field in attack position
1/1 green Hippo created by Phelddagrif, a popular budget commander in EDH decks