Theyre most commonly used for casual play, playtesting, and formats like Commander or Cubeespecially when you want to try a deck before buying expensive cards (or when youd rather not shuffle your rent payment)
Budget Options Lots of werewolves are pretty inexpensive, which is good news for your budget
With the way games develop, this might prove to offer virtual card advantage on top
Drawing cards and gaining life on attacks is nice, but the ETB has always felt underwhelming
Sure, Ephemerate is aggressively costed, but it cant untap your lands, untap your mana rocks or perma-steal creatures youve temporarily gained control of
He offers so many lines of play each turn that he functions as a one-card control engine