Playing creatures with excess toughness over power is now a benefit thanks to Rassads abilities, and Candlekeep Sage makes your commander into a great value flicker target
That constant stream of tokens adds both defense and offense, especially when paired with incremental mill effects like Altar of the Brood
Then, when design started, we created our list of things to top-down design, and an artifact that embalmed was one of them
Toby, Beastie Befriender Blade Splicer would be jealous of Toby, Beastie Befriender, because Toby puts a bigger token into play when it enters the battlefield, with the additional value of giving all your token creatures flying if you control four or more of them
Lim-Dl's Cohort, in addition to having creepy skull (or skull-masks), tickled me in the original review due to the flavour text
The stock has slowly been dwindling as more fans realized how good this card is, and it seems like the market supply suddenly started to run out