Play her at the right moment, and she suddenly becomes way more than just cute
Each (player, phase) cell is independent, so in multiplayer you can yield to a specific opponent's end step
Skip the $20+ cards (Thrumming Stone, Coat of Arms, Cover of Darkness) and the deck still hums: Commander: Karumonix, the Rat King (~$1) Engines: Pack Rat (~$3.30), Piper of the Swarm (~$3), Ogre Slumlord (~$0.45), a couple of Relentless Rats / Rat Colony (~$56 each cap the copies to stay on budget) Payoffs/utility: Crypt Rats (~$0.50), Nezumi Bone-Reader (~$0.40), Bontu the Glorified (~$3) as a sac outlet, Throne of the God-Pharaoh only if budget allows The rest: cheap black removal, Swamps, and a Sol Ring The whole list comes in well under $50, and it scales up gracefully add Marrow-Gnawer and Thrumming Stone later and the same shell jumps several power levels
You Find Some Prisoners You Find Some Prisoners gives you flexible artifact hate that works especially well with cards like Prosper, Tome-Bound and Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald that reward you for playing cards from exile
Most people know she is good but find it hard to fit her into decks over other things or don't appreciate the ways in which she is crippling for your opponent
3/3 Illustrated by Ekaterina Burmak