Unlike Cloud, Midgar Mercenary, were looking to just increase Steiners power
ANCIENT ADAMANTOISE Hard to remove, protects you and your board from damage, and drops treasures when it dies
It's already making rounds in Mono-Red lists in pioneer, Mardu Vampire decks in modern, Boros and Rakdos aggro decks in standard, and a bunch of similar archetypes in commander
In most cases (see below), if you wait until the combatdamage step or end of combat step, it will be after combat damage has been dealt, so the Ninja won't deal combat damage
Plus, its a neat reanimate spell for humans and angels, and this reanimate effect can return big threats like Avacyn, Angel of Hope and Angel of Serenity
Commandeer and Subtelty are not always seen in CEDH