Typically, they come with stats that could be better, but the Custom Workers Mod by goodluckNito gracefully fixes this issue, allowing you to control every single aspect of your workers
It also gives your commander ward two, giving it an extra layer of protection to make it safer to put Equipment onto it since the chance of removal is much lower
But in fact, he succumbed to the persuasion of a priest of Myrkul (a god of death) with ties to the Cult of the Dragon, who convinced Ebondeath to become a dracolicha fearsome undead dragon
Given that he's eight mana, and you have to have excess mana to cast the extra spells, it's a little slow
I have the Spellskite filling out this role a bit but Sea Gate Oracle is decent
A big red staple and playable in a few other archetypes too, all of which have ways to ramp up their own mana quickly