This is simply amazing, both in Standard and Commander, and Im hoping to get some not-so-jank reanimator going this fall
Meanwhile, the back face is Tergrid's Lantern, an artifact that points a gun at your opponent's head and forces them to either sacrifice a nonland permanent or lose three life
Targeting something like Stuffy Doll, or even Nin when you had artifacts such as Grim Monolith or Sol Ring allowed you to draw an enormous number of cards in one shot
For example, if two 3/3 creatures with mentor attack and both mentor triggers target the same 2/2 creature, the first to resolve puts a +1/+1 counter on it and the second does nothing
The sacrifice-heavy, aristocrats-style game plan feels right at home with Blood tokens, death triggers, and drain effects