Scute Swam Exponential growth is no joke, and thats what landfall decks get with Scute Swarm
As a result, your opponent would not get a proper reinforcement, but they would not give you an additional creature
Waiting a turn may not seem like much, but as long as the Company deck makes its land drops, they can play three-drops on Turns 2 and 3, curving ideally even if the mana creature is killed on Turn 2
The alternate Commander, Omarthis, is pretty cool, but feels less splashy than Zhulodok for sure
Other cards found in the Ursulas Return set that feature this new approach to the Shift keyword include Flotsam & Jetsam, Entangling Eels - which a five strength/five health card that requires two cards to be discarded - Diablo, Devoted Herald, a card that requires players discard an action card, Li Shang, Valorous General - with players needing to discard a character card to Shift it in - Olaf, Carrot Enthusiast, a Sapphire card that can be Shifted by discarding an item card, and steel card Aladdin, Brave Rescuer: which requires that a location card be discard for it to be Shifted
Victimize costs three, sacrifices one to return two tapped, so it's mana efficient and therefore beloved