And, of course, he eventually gets to become a mummy when he dies
This isnt as great as blink effects, but cards like Unnatural Restoration, Regrowth, and especially Eternal Witness can give you opportunities to get more ETB triggers at a slower pace
So yeah, its cool that Inventor's Axe is a combat trick, but Im not interested in it if it doesnt help my creature actually survive the combat
It's not a crazy inventive strategy with infinite or broken combos, but if you focus on the goal of bringing your opponent's life to 0, what's that the captain says
The big difference is that most decks tend to have flying creatures, but (outside of formats like Kaladhesh and Theros) most decks dont have artifact or enchantment creatures to destroy
If a graveyard creature is destroyed, it's removed from combat