This creature has protection from names that start with the same letter as a name sticker on it
This two-on-two format is similar to the non-Commander version of Two-Headed Giant "players pair up in teams of two, share life totals, spells, and strategy in an effort to defeat the other team"
You seem to want to create a critical mass of zombies and/or tokens to aggro your opponent out of the game, while getting value out of Zombie Tribal synergies and through Eternalize / Embalm by basically getting two creatures out of one card
It's also just hard to make funny cards, and even harder to make funny cards that are also readably elegant, relevant, and fun
Sure, its 1 mana cheaper, but it looked like a throwaway card at first glance