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If that creature is no longer on the battlefield when Monstrous Emergence resolves, use that creature's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much damage is dealt

This is a great shell for the Grief / Ephemerate combo because it naturally has a lot of black cards and almost every creature is great to Ephemerate, with Archon of Cruelty in particular being a highlight, especially since your natural curve involves spending two mana to reanimate Archon of Cruelty on Turn 3, at which point you can protect it with Ephemerate, which should be game-ending