First, its a cheap commander at 2 mana, and you can get around commander tax by sacrificing a creature and returning it to your hand
Polukranos, Engine of Ruin Color Indicator: White and Green Legendary Creature Phyrexian Hydra Reach, lifelink Whenever Polukranos or another nontoken Hydra you control dies, create a 3/3 green and white Phyrexian Hydra creature token with reach and a 3/3 green and white Phyrexian Hydra creature token with lifelink
Having the right number of spells that can search up lands and mana-producing permanent cards is vital in hitting your land drops and casting your larger creatures on-curve
Good old John Tedrick, who designed the look and feel of many of the toys, illustrates an alternate Twitching Doll just made entirely of entangled little spiders in a fancy frilly dress, still with an adorable catlike head
A corollary to this was a common complaint that the sets weren't even in their distribution of the sixteen games
