The amount of satisfaction that I get for correctly guessing a card in the opponents hand is also something that a lot of cards dont offer in Cube, with Cabal Therapy and Meddling Mage being much, much weaker in singleton environments
Yes, sometimes things go to far and we get something like Ironworks, and sure people love to complain about Tron, but Ancient Stirrings is usually just propping up cards that would never see play otherwise like Hardened Scales and Codex Shredder which is great
Some cards in the precon are great, but just don't serve the strategy, so those are easy cuts
From a financier's perspective, this card is somewhat similar to Archmage's Charm, except that it has a lower floor and a higher ceiling
Showing the before and after(life) for a creature provided a simple storytelling device that meshed with Innistrads historic focus on the graveyard
Mortal Flesh is Weak This is awesome