You may put that card on the bottom.) You can't exert a creature unless an effect allows you to do so
Most aggressive decks fold to a well-timed board wipe, but Exemplar ensures your army stays put
Still, a card like this is better in the early game, and has diminishing returns as the game goes on, and you cant count having treasure early, so dont expect to fire this off on turn one or two for the more effective mode This doesnt have good base stats, but it does have a good combat damage trigger
The same can be said for Draconautics Engineer
Dredge used to be a horrifying bogeyman but has fallen off a bit due to the ridiculous amount of cheap, generic, instant speed grave hate available everywhere now, but this card really gives some interesting payoffs by attaching dredge to your lands