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You get a second helping of smashing or enters-the-battlefield triggers from your dorks

Archon of Cruelty quickly found a home in Legacy reanimator decks, where you can use cards like Entomb to put it from your library into your graveyard, and then bring it back in the same turn with Reanimate

One moment, conscious only of a sense of repose

It also helps to insulate against counterspells, as opponents will have to counter both copies to prevent you from getting the search effect

It was completely usurped by the dog creature type for the sake of consistency, and to give the hot-off-the-presses Rin and Seri, Inseparable more options