It serves as a great blocker, while its activated ability provides main board graveyard hate, especially against all the escape decks
Ground - Lots of bugs tunnel through the ground (e.g., ants, centipedes), and are built to handle the terrain
Spiraling Embers and Runeflare Trap can also burn based on the cards in your hand
Infernal Reign will look into your deck for three Basic Fire Energy and attach them
And then The Scarab God can exile a bunch of opposing creatures over time, thus providing gentle removal and pushback against the huge graveyard abuse that's common in the kitchen table metagame, all while giving you a powerful 4/4 body
not only do you get the equipment of your choice into play for , but it also equips for free