Plus, you can discard a card and spend two black mana to Proliferate, opening up a whole world of complex combos to pull off
I am also running mono-Blue Sage of the Beyond to play into this as well
New additions from MH3 can potentially give them the power boost they need to compete again.
By using cards such as Grave Pact, Ashnods Altar, and Butcher of Malakir you should be able to keep most of your opponents from being able to maintain a board state
Square Enix licensing constraints: The licensing agreement means WotC has no organic reprint flexibility outside the original set window beyond what the license permits
In particular, if we play it as our general, it has the potential for very early blowout moves, such as turn-one deployment thanks to Dark RitualDark Ritual followed by a [/el]Reanimate[/el] on turn two