Pinging for 1 damage is negligible on its own in Commander, but certain decks in the format such as Group Pain decks led by Mogis, God of Slaughter or Kaervek the Merciless load up on these types of cards and the damage quickly adds up: when you're running Immolation Shaman, Harsh Mentor, Furnace of Rath, Manabarbs, and similar effects
Easily a second-in-command to Marisi, in his own deck I think you can very quickly use him to spread the love and finish people off with commander damage just like we used to do with Zurgo Helmsmasher
(3/16/2018) Only cards exiled by Living Death's first instruction are put onto the battlefield
If you have any characters with an original power of 7000 or more, this leader's power is reduced by 2000
Once you complete a dungeon, you can reanimate any creature from the graveyard
Ive almost never looked at Access Tunnel over Rogues Passage for Commander, but it is cheaper to activate and Durnan is just small enough to fit