The popular myth is that ideas come full-formed at their creation, when in reality good ideas take a long time to build by combining data collected from many places
Outside of a few cards, there arent many super staples that you need to pay attention to, and the theming makes it easy to ignore
By the time players receive priority in the draw step, the active player has already drawn for turn
Alas, thats probably why this lad has been a victim of the Commander ban hammer
I see a BGS 8 copy for sale on eBay at the moment for $75,000 (that's actually a great price)
It is annoying if it dies to a removal spell, but like with a lot of things, usually I found that to be an exaggerated concern