Mechan Shieldmate Rating: 3/10 I love the 3/3 defenders for 2 mana that we usually see, but having just 2 toughness makes Mechan Shieldmate quite a bit worse
Once those creatures come back from your graveyard, Chainer gives them haste until the end of turn, meaning you can head straight to combat and attack with your threat from the graveyard before anyone has a chance to untap their mana and kill it
It sets up reanimator plays nicely, and lets you pitch unneeded lands to dig for better cards
This is the most powerful card in existence that never got cast
While in play, this card will allow you to draw a card every time you cast a creature
Cloudkin Seer, Archaeomancer, and Diluvian Primordial can generate value in a number of different ways, and Man-O-War can bounce troublesome creatures