One of the upsides of the Battlemage cycle is they give you a lot of flexibility, since you can cast them for three, five, or eight mana, giving you something to do at every point in the game
Outside of cast from exile theme decks in Commander, this just seems too inefficient to really bother with
Soulless One originally had some black ability (regeneration, I believe), but the development thought it would be cooler if its extra ability was that it counted zombies in play and in the graveyard
How about trying Arcbound Whelp, Dragon Whelp, Fledgling Dragon, Firescreamer, Furnace Whelp, Henchfiend of Ukor, Lightning Dragon, or any other firebreathing options at four mana instead
Rush, who died in 2016, was the original creator of the Black Lotus, as well as illustrating the symbols for MTGs five mana colours and over 100 other cards
This attack does 30 damage to 2 of your opponents Benched Pokemon