However, there are better options available such as Insect Barrier or DNA Surgery, which offer more versatile effects and can impact the game in a broader way
This card is super playable there
The unearth cost is equal to the card's mana cost
-4: Each opponent chooses an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, and a planeswalker from among nonland permanents they control, then sacrifices the rest
Ratadrabik of Urborg has some really fun interactions built into its abilities, which makes it ideal for an aristocrats deck built around sacrificing other legendary creatures
This would later be addressed, at least in temporary fashion, in Pokmon X/Y where Charizard gained the ability to Mega Evolve into the mighty Mega Charizard X, a Fire and Dragon-type with black scales and blue flame