If you look at the text, you can get this trigger from your attacks, too, which is wicked
A burn spell typically has high range with a low effectiveness while black removal typically has limited range but high effectiveness in actually removing the target
I feel like the only real drawback here is having to control a creature, and that creature having to be large enough to play the role of an effective sweeper
He added that unlike other character themes in the game, Cyan's illustrated a shift in personality in tone
While he can be slowed somewhat by removing him, the fact that the rest of the deck exists to turn sideways for value means that even just getting one portion of triggers instead of an extra large portion can still have the deck start to gain enough momentum that its hard to stop
I'd talked over the options with Steve Sadin, and this was one option that neither of us had even thought of, let alone considered