Creepiness aside, he seems like a cool recursive attacker who will continue to harass your opponents using the Armour of Shrieking Souls as long as you can make sure that their creatures keep leaving the battlefield
As my foes draw cards, they lose two life
Sure, there are more people playing EDH than there were in 2018, but there are twice as many Legendary creatures every set as there were then, too
It can feel silly to tell the person in charge of balance that "Yes, this number really does need to be 9,999." I get to sit near Michael nowadays, and it's always fun to watch him keep a bemused smile as another set lead asks him to evaluate something as crazy as a Jumbo Cactuar
Plot lets you pay ahead and cast later, Spree stacks modal effects , Saddle turns creatures into mounts, and Crime triggers whenever you target opponents or their permanents
In short, Ragnarok is totally overpowered, but to actually execute on the meld can be challenging