At its core, this build is a Zombie deck and I want to have a critical mass of Zombie cards in order to make it work
Granted, the ability explicitly states "you may " meaning you do not have to do this and could reserve it for times when you have no Heroes in hand, but if that's how the card needs to be played, then all it is, is a 2/4 creature that lowers the cost of Heroes by 1C, something not worthy of leading a Commander precon deck in the current meta
Given the number of Hero characters in this deck, Anna is quite useful and can be used to great advantage
Its a deterrent for your opponents to chump-block and it gives you an additional benefit even if your creature dies in combat
It starts as a half-priced Anointed ProcessionAnointed Procession, which is extremely powerful on its own, and it also compensates for the one-turn downside naturally, considering how easily token decks can swarm even on limited mana