In fact, Champion of the Perished may even outshine its predecessor, given how proficient Zombies are at token generation and sacrifice loops 16
As such, not every deck can utilize this well, but decks like Modern Mill make perfect use of it
You can turn an opponents single source of Red mana into a beast and lock them out of their deck for a few turns, or get rid of a pesky planeswalker with ease
It's hard to remove before the payoff, and by the time your opponents read the third chapter, you're already counting coins
Most curve to five and so this is not something you can play till around turn six
When Sozin deals combat damage you can pay X mana to take any number of creature cards with a total mana cost of X or less from your opponents graveyard and put them on the battlefield under your control