I'll third the Thragtusk one. In standard, you're either playing Zombies, or playing Thragtusk, so...

As for hate for it... the Gruul are going to have cards to hate on it. There is no way that the FFL didn't see this coming in a format where Thragtusk and Restoration Angel were both legal, and Gruul is rather notable for the powerful hate cards it got (specifically, Giant Solifuge and Burning Tree Shaman)...