They remind me of giant stuffed animals you get for winning carnival games at fairs, in the best way possible
The effect doesn't feel very flavourful with a world of giant predatory man-eating plants, but they can't all be winners
Just look at this short list of what you can get back, from the top of my head: Zulaport Cutthroat Cruel Celebrant Corpse Knight Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim Bartolom del Presidio Blood Artist Viscera Seer Carrion Feeder Marionette Apprentice Reassembling Skeleton Putrid Goblin Cathar Commando Cast Raise the Past, sacrifice your entire board in response, and get them all back none the worse for wear
This seems to make it fit snuggly into every reanimator strategy, both as a commander and in the 99, provided that it can also reanimate itself
Its best party trick, however, is building up an army before using Akki Battle Squad to trigger a surprise combat phase, while building up modified creatures will let you drop Walking Skyscraper for nothing if you time it right