2000: Phyrexian Altar After the insanity of Urza's Block, Magic's designers calmed down on the busted Artifacts for a few years, and the turn of the millennium saw only a few powerful Artifacts
His second ability, Cheer, triggers whenever one or more creatures you control with a counter on them deal combat damage to a player
The artifact costs two, taps for two, and phases out your dork only, which will keep tokens alive too
Or you can copy sac destroy land lands like Strip Mine or Wasteland or to copy a channel or cycling land in your graveyard like Boseiju, Who Endures or Barren Moor and get your ability and tap away
Free spells are good
As a creature with Daybound, when it becomes night, Brutal Cathar becomes the Moonrage Brute, a red 3/3 with first strike and a ward cost of three life