Scrounger of Souls

Four toughness is the number doing the work, not the three power beside it. A 3/4 body sits above the reach of most one-mana removal and stonewalls the small ground creatures aggressive decks flood the board with, and because lifelink applies to every point of damage this Horror deals, it banks life on both ends of combat: swinging in for three, or blocking and killing a smaller attacker while surviving. That makes it a stabilizing wall first and a slow clock second. An attrition deck buys the turns it needs to win on card advantage rather than tempo, and since a four-toughness frame keeps coming back to combat rather than dying to a single trade, the life gain repeats instead of spiking once. The cost is honest about what it is: three power for five mana is a real tax on the curve, and there is no hidden upside to soften it. The card earns its slot on the marriage of its two traits, lifelink welded to a body that refuses to die, so every exchange closes the life gap a little further while the toughness soaks up the pressure that would otherwise grind a slow deck under. Unglamorous stabilization, costed for exactly that job and nothing flashier.