Even today he feels like a reasonably balanced choice to lead your deck
The strategy of this deck is to play your Evasive characters on curve as often as possible , then use your control tools like Dragon Fire, Mother Knows Best, Stampede, and Jasper, Common Crook to control the board and give your Evasive characters an open lane to quest
Combined with Manifold Mouse, Heartfire Hero, and other cards, Monstrous Rage became the single best combat trick in the game, if not ever, and understandably so
In these decks, youll often find spells capable of leeching away your opponents health while relying on zombies, demons, and other infernal creatures to finish the job
The idea that players might min-max this and go out of their away to acquire multiples for one deck wasn't even a consideration
Corpseberry Cultivator can become an oversized body by itself, but gets even better with other foragers, growing without needing you to do any other work