Its ability Slash required 3 DCE to deal a base damage of 30, and if a grass energy was attached to it and Sword Dance was put into effect, Slashs base damage increased from 30 to 60, which was again huge in the deck formats which were in play during its release
While 7-mana commanders arent as popular in the modern landscape of hyper-efficient threats, Szadek can be a fun throwback commander and provide a unique spin on the typical Voltron strategy
Correction (2026-07-27): his On Play effect fires once, when he's played, not repeatedly
The must be evolved in this order, with the execption of Baby Pokmon which is basiclly a pre-evolution
A constant influx of new cards ensures that players must keep learning new tactics or risk getting left behind
The other mentions are basically any of the Gisa or Geralf iterations, all of which are easy includes in any deck that cares about having the best Zombies in Commander in it, because they make a lot of Zombies and have some excellent synergies