Sure, this can grant you control of an opponent for 1 less mana, but trading them for control of you during your next turn wont be worth it unless youre really on the back foot, in which case theyll probably leave you worse off than you were
I do think she probably needs a build around grade, because even your typical UW deck isnt going to have so many tap effects for this to really get going
If the ninjutsu ability had been introduced in a different set, with different flavor and on different creatures, I wonder if it would have become another recurring mechanic, like cycling or convoke
Going forward, we can expect to see excess damage on future cards
(Where else can you draft Clown Car alongside Diabolic Tutor?) The design team selected some of the most obscure and flashy printings for each of these cards, so even the reprints are packed with chaos and mystery
While it only appears in about 18,000 EDHREC decks, it still earned an honorable mention in Chris Guest's article on 20 best Zombie cards for Commander, alongside more popular spells like Army of the Damned and Noxious Ghoul