It has nice interactions with graveyards and creatures that have high toughness
Since the effect for your opponent is not a requirement to play the card, there are times when you will get to play a character even if your opponent has nothing in their hand to send out
Some interesting eBay foil prices include Izzet Staticaster, Sustainer of the Realm, Blood Artist, and Victimize
(2004-10-04) Stays in the same tapped/untapped state it is in when it switches controllers
More mana means bigger plays, and bigger plays usually decide multiplayer games
However, it also makes each opponent lose one life whenever a creature you control dies, and whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you get to gain one life