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hope shade brushes his teeth, or his breath might stink

This plus coat of arms is ridiculous.

Of course, coat of arms is ridiculous by itself...

This card can be ridiculous if used rights. Like Ideatog said, Coat of Arms is one way to go, but even without it this allows you to attack all out and then massively pump whoever they don't block, or even the guys who do get blocked to kill some of their guys.

That Nantuko...he's turning into a Shade!

An interesting card that benefits from cards that pump based on creature subtype, such as Alpha Status or Coat of Arms, not to mention with such cards in play just the beneficial pump from all your creatures having the same creature subtype could be menacing enough. Just remember that you will be more susceptible to certain types of mass removal such as Engineered Plague...

Why does that nantuko have lips? Insects should not have lips.

Mostly useful with the better black-mana-ramp cards (either temporary or permanent) and a bunch of creatures. Swing with your Autocrat and serf tokens and whoever isn't blocked you pump to oblivion! If instead they block with something precious, kill it.