The sideboard Life Bursts are also a wonderful touch, providing looting fodder as well as a late-game burn spell with False Cure
220 HP, no weaknesses and only a single-energy retreat cost are certainly attractive, but its not a format-warping card by any means
There are few ways of dealing with Embercleve when it drops, and because it has flash, you can choose to cast it after blockers have been declared, allowing you to close a game out by equipping it to the creature that needs it most.
Predator Ooze $6.99 I hated Predator Ooze as a newbie Magic player because I didnt run (read: own) any removal that got around indestructible
It runs 1 Shining Raichu, 2 Electrode, 4 Scoop Up, and 2 Lass
It is effectively card advantage in decks aggressively going for life totals as well as impressive tempo