This redundancy, instead of relegating it to the dustbin of Magic: The Gathering history, arguable makes it more desirable as Commander decks that want to play one piece of land recursion probably want to play two, three, four, or more variants of that effect, to supercharge cards like Omnath, Locus of Creation and Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait and to combo with Glacial Chasm and Azusa, Lost but Seeking
This attack does 100 damage for each card you discarded in this way
The card draw comes from Grim Haruspex and Midnight Reaper, which play extremely well with Verminister since you sacrifice multiple nontoken creatures at once
If you need a board wipe like Cyclonic Rift or a game-ender like Time Walk , this puts it right where you need it
This Machamp card is one of the more classic looking cards, hearkening back to the aesthetic of the very first Pokemon sets, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Pokemon in general