mtg card anatomy Expanded – Slawomir Maniak - Magic: the Gathering Artproof Pressure Point · Fate Reforged

A sac outlet (Carrion Feeder) + a recurring zombie (Gravecrawler) + a death payoff (Diregraf Captain / Undead Augur) is your repeatable value loop assemble it and the game tilts

Taken as a package Barricade does a hell of a lot for its low mana cost, in enough matchups to see Standard sideboard play at the very least

Altar of Dementia is the poster child here, as it helps us fill our graveyard in order to reanimate key pieces, while triggering our Commanders effect

Or at least play them

Having card quality and draw on a creature is also really nice as it allows you to increase the consistency of decks which rely on high creature counts such as Opposition decks