The exile ability goes well with non-exiling removal like Harnessed Lightning, giving you a one-two punch for killing The Scarab God permanently
Credit: Wizards of the Coast Hecteyes BPhillipYork: Well, this is solid, and basically just an ooze horror version of a rat, but having several of these is pretty solid, and this definitely breaks parity if you're trying to play that well, but is mostly to be used if you've got ways to benefit from people discarding like Waste Not, or to punish them
But honestly, I recommend diving headfirst into the flavor here
The FAQTIWDAWCC That Wouldn't Die You'd think fifty pages would be enough
Love the Phyrexian text
Lathril, Blade of the Elves and Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy are strong examples of commanders that benefit from a higher creature count in ways that make up for the inherent fragility of creature-based ramp