Plus, Goblins famously tend to be fodder
As your leader can often easily become your most powerful offensive card, theres also an enthralling risk/reward element to using their skills at exactly the right moment without exposing them to too much danger
And ultimately more opportunities to expand Magics universe in the most vibrant way possible: with original characters, faraway fantasy places, and by way of unique voices
Hildibrand goes on to teach the zombie to act like him, and they adopt some of his mannerisms
Imagine how big of a letdown it is spending a total of 6 mana to cast Atla and activate, make an egg and crack it, only to flip a Coiling OracleCoiling Oracle (it's happened)
Whenever you see a top-down design and think "of course it does that," the culprit is likely Reggie