Hydro-Man spent over a year with "become an Island" text until, near the end of the process, our kindly editor reminded us that would cause him to lose all other abilities, which causes numerous weird rules interactions
Card Name Type Creature Werewolf Rarity Rare rules Text Ward-Discard a card.Whenever this creature enters or attacks, exile up to two target cards from graveyards
It can remove protected threats that traditional removal couldnt touch
Whoever becomes my Ring-bearer, and by doing so becomes a legendary creature, is not something I have to declare when people are looking to interact with my spell on the stack
Dealing one damage and buffing your turn-two play are both solid effects, and the back half of the card is a surprisingly powerful creature that can get in for hasty damage while denying your opponent any fun graveyard effects they might have planned
Which for black, is never a bad thing