The ability to draw extra creatures off the top, have your creatures fight other creatures, or activate a devastating ultimate that gave your creatures all the keywords, Domri also only cost 3 and started with 3 loyalty, meaning he fit right in the 3-slot for otherwise creature-filled decks
Golgari (black/green) and Dimir (black/blue) builds playing Sheoldred already exist, and one of these color pairs might just emerge at the top of the new metagame
Aside from this, you can also play Sram in equipment or vehicle-themed decks
I wanted to load up on all the ways I could self-inflict damage to myself and make token armies, so I scoured Gatherer for the keywords "deals damage" in white/colorless
Combat focussed archetypes are relatively few and far between, but hopefully this reprint allows them to be built that bit easier
Having a singular aristocrat payoff isnt the issue, but a boardwipe happening with Wilhelt out means all non-decayed zombies will produce another zombie token so youre not really solving a potentially already large boardstate by wiping it