Mikaeus should have typical spells for liches and wizards, and he could also cast buffs on his undead allies to make zombies or flesh golems much more challenging
In the right deck, its easy to turn Shadow into a powerful draw engine in the command zone
But the list could pretty much go on forever
Double strike means that a creature does both first strike and regular combat damage, effectively doubling a creatures power during combat
This creature's controller and that player each draw half that many cards, rounded down." If damage dealt by a creature with the ability granted by Sokrates's last ability can't be prevented for some reason, the appropriate players will still draw half that many cards, rounded down
The bad news is: This ability is somewhat hard to trigger, as it requires a specific set of cards and mana