Looking at the numbers, it only has about: 11 equipment : Skullclamp, Bonesplitter, Lightning Greaves, Umezawa's Jitte, Grafted Wargear, 5 Swords, Batterskull 8 auras : Faith's Fetters, Control Magic, Treachery, Necromancy, Animate Dead, Splinter Twin, Rancor, Song of the Dryads 3 vehicles : (The actual site average has 0, but we'll chalk this up to the site average being slow to adopt, but for the sake of argument, let's err on the side of inclusion by saying Smuggler's Copter, Fleetwheel Cruiser, and Skysovereign, Consul Flagship.) This then begs the question of how many of these combined would realistically be needed to take advantage of him in Cube as, although his baseline stats aren't necessarily embarassing, they aren't really good enough on their own to be used without his draw trigger consistently firing off in a deck
however, the two characters arent equally iconic
That creates a powerful way to build around him, but you are casting your foe's stuff, not yours, so it's harder to break
Shredder, Foot Clan Overlord (Turtle Team-Up Boss card)