While it can be used as a supplementary attacker in some Dark-type decks, it is also a main attacker in Ancient Box decks
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Your Ninjutsu abilities are one fewer colorless to activate, which is pretty nice and it pumps other Ninja and Rogues by +1/+1 making it a powerful tribal Lord
Some of my friends theorize that this is why cards from Tales of Middle Earth were underpoweredthere was a concern that theyd print a card that heavily impacted Modern, would soar in price, and then become prohibitive as Wizards of the Coast struggled to obtain a license to reprint the card
As a result, it's likely to evoke a reaction from even the most cold-hearted of collectors