You use the Assault in your first main phase, give yourself another attack step, and then untap those five lands after smashing face, and then keep on keeping on
Giving your other creatures haste is the whole point, because every topdeck becomes instant pressure and your curve feels a turn faster
A nearly unconditional 4/3 Rush character for 3 and which is inkable is not going to be outclassed any time soon, so if you are looking for a 3-cost Rush character, just play her
As with all other oozes in this mold, it synergizes with token and counter doublers, although its nature as an X-spell gives it a few extra use cases with Magus Lucea Kane, hydra commanders like Zaxara, the Exemplary, or Sovereign Okinec Ahau
The chronological theme went beyond just the lore and artwork
Bladeback Sliver What puts Bladeback Sliver higher than it probably should be is that its a sliver