Scavenging Ooze is already a popular card in multiple formats, and Lion Sash can be more easily tutored out of your deck thanks to it being both a creature and an artifact
Goad is one of the most game-swinging mechanics that exists, and anyone who has ever played against a recurred Kardur, Doomscourge or Disrupt Decorum, or hell, Marisi, Breaker of the Coil can tell you that
I really like the fins running down its spine and across its head, the strangely feline tail, the catfish-like facial hair, and multiple eyes
You get to trade in your library and graveyard to turn your next (last) five draws into your best
To differentiate your Pokmon from a regular animal or object, give it 1-2 features that your animal or object wouldnt normally have
Shoutout here to Auton Soldier, who both gives us a non-legendary copy of Jin Sakai, and also gives us Myriad on that creature