The effect is strong enough to guarantee the creation of a new Mono Black archetype in Commander
It only costs two ink to play, or characters with a cost of two or more can be exerted to play the card for free
Let's not overcomplicate things, if you have two dragons, and they both get indestructible and grow each turn, isn't that worth 5 mana
Back when people played for ante (and in current 5-Color Magic ), this card alone would win game after game after game
The Reaper King was tougher, because I love the way the original Jim Murray version looks, so I was afraid of trying to emulate or recreate that
It featured in some of the earliest decks in the game, it was a pivotal piece of the Sligh deck which essentially acted as the foundation of the mono red aggro archetype, and its presence has been significant in Modern from the first day of the format as it has featured in many of the formats best decks from Zoo to Splinter Twin to Jund