It does take a minus one hit on its original power, but this can still result in a very powerful card being placed under your control after its been sent to the graveyard
Gem-Knights use Absorb Fusion for this, Crystal Beasts use Rainbow Bridge, etc etc
"Elemental HERO Solid Soldier" and "Liquid Soldier" are good monsters to Normal Summon, as they can Special Summon needed "HERO" monsters (usually "Shadow Mist" or "Stratos" for their on-Summon Trigger Effects) and can generate more advantage if they are used as material for the Fusion Summon of a "HERO" Fusion Monster
This means hitting all of your land drops is critical
It's sad to know that..." It is later discovered by Bastion that they are not dead, but simply transported to an alternate, lifeless and cold dimension
New Maker (as I call it) was designed as the successor to the original Haymaker deck