It is huge at preventing your opponent from stabilizing because they may have stabilized at 6 life, but late game drawing three cards on a haste threat, in a deck full of haste cards and burn, allows you to reliably finish off the remaining damage
Verix can summon another 4/4 dragon, Karox, into the battlefield to help dish out double the damage in the air
[3] [4] The Alpha and Beta editions had black borders, and the Unlimited edition had white borders
It's exactly as it sounds
These creatures could range from inexpensive options like Snapcaster Mage to high-cost, game-winning threats like Hullbreaker Horror
Altar of Bhaal is quite nice even without the attached Adventure, simply because getting to reanimate a creature from your graveyard during your turn is excellent even outside of Reanimator strategies, assuming youre playing creatures youd want to get back from your graveyard