The actual body on Merchant of the Vale is definitely nothing to write home about, but at the same time, its actually a card, by which I mean it will often be worth spending mana on and your opponent will often want to interact with it, since its ability lets you dredge more or do whatever you were trying to do with Haggle
Dread Presence triggers whenever a Swamp enters the battlefield under your control, while the Arena triggers at the beginning of your upkeep
Razor Pendulum has no effect until a player is at five or less life
Every time you sacrifice a creature, Juri gets a +1/+1 counter if, at any point, Juri should die he deals damage equal to his power to any target
While there arent a TON of Bears around, there are a lot of Shapeshifters and type changers that can make you a full Commander deck of furry weapons of mass destruction
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