Being considered as a "Basic Pokmon" on the card itself, it can be easily slotted into the deck to be able to use its Pump Shot ability, where you discard a water energy to perform this effect, and if you do, you can put two damage counters on one of your opponent's Benched Pokmon, practically an "Inteleon CRE 43" without having to spend an entire evolutionary line to do this effect
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Like most Magic: The Gathering cards, the value of Buried Alive depends on a few consistent factors: its rarity, the printing and finish (regular or foil), its physical condition, and the set it was printed in (Secret Lair Drop)
However, there are potentially better cards for a similar mana cost that offer more immediate impact or flexibility, such as Embercleave or Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
Undead Hand Ninja Despite being a very simple design, Undead Hand Ninja does offer some solid utility in Commander decks that can repeatedly trigger it