The nightmare creature grew in popularity through the Commander format, along with Modern and Legacy
Players, however, usually choose to stick to the minimum of 60 cards
It works as a silver bullet against certain strategies: Aggro decks hate it because creatures effectively lose haste, it slows down artifact decks that rely on churning out fast mana and rocks
Our early drops can wear equipment well, given their tendency toward either evasion or double strike, which gives us additional triggers for connecting
Toss in a few creatures like Writhing Necromass and Huskburster Swarm that you can cast for substantially less than their mana value, and you have the start to an interesting deck
His ability, that lets you play any Shift character you want onto him, is massive, and whether or not it has an immediate impact on the Into the Inklands meta, it certainly will have an impact on the design of Lorcana moving forward, possibly forever