As with our prior top 10 lists like this, we will only be using the base version of cards and wont be counting alternative artwork treatments (this prevents 40% of the list just being variants of Hidetsugu, Devouring Chaos)
A 4-mana 3/3 with Menace isnt amazing -- it is probably a 2.0 at best -- however -- this brings a blood token along with it, and I think Id already be playing that card a reasonable chunk of the time, but it also has the impressive upside of making itself into a 5/5 when it attacks, provided you have blood
Deharme Mill cards in MTG are spells or abilities that remove cards from your opponents deck with the goal of eventually forcing them to lose the game by drawing from an empty library
A well-timed extra combat spell can turn a game around, so getting two for six mana is incredible
If a player tried to remove it with a spell like [c]Disenchant[/c], nothing would happen to Darksteel Axe, although Disenchant would go to the graveyard after being played