Also, players gain hexproof too so you can save yourself from being targeted by foes, and no one can lose life or win/lose the game either
That 3rd toughness makes a pretty huge difference in making the cards baseline a lot less miserable A two mana 2/3 with defender isnt great, but in a defensive deck it isnt unplayable, but the ceiling on this card just isnt very high, and neither is the floor
It's not enough to just leave your cards in the box and forget about them
Right now, they're more flavor than function, but as weve seen with gates, theres demand for novel card types like this
And, of course, most older skeletons have regenerate to represent the ability of them putting themselves together after being scattered