He's also a great second-turn Goblin in a Krenko deck
The town payoff effect is also pretty expensive
The Pride of Hull Clade Much of the Simic Combine succumbed to compleation during the Phyrexian invasionnot just those who researched the mutagen, but their experiments as well
Tyranid Swarm - Universes Beyond: Warhammer 40K Ive had games that have been won because my Haruspex has gained so much power that it deals huge damage to opponents, or converted its power to mana for a big late-game push
Therefore, the biggest key to any multiplayer deck is the means to draw additional cards
Lutri, the Spellchaser was controversially (and correctly, in my opinion) banned from Commander on release as itd otherwise be an auto-include in any deck playing blue and red (almost any Commander deck fulfills the companion restriction, as this was clearly not designed for Commander)