I'd change this as it is super unexciting

Now grants menace and is a black bear. Too good, possibly.

We could make this a vanilla bear and give an ability to the 3 3/3 but (((Titanic Cobra))) already does menace so this might not be the right ability for the 3/3.

How do you feel about a 1/3 lifelink? We have a lot of 2/1 creatures and not a lot of good answers that cost less than 4 mana. I think it could be the type of card that you could run maindeck if you had to and would want to sideboad in if your opponent was aggressive.

Sure. We'll have to look again at the stats for the set, but we used to lean very defensive.

This feels like one of the weaker designs in the skeleton honestly.