It gives you a much greater scope when building with it
Maybe that brain remembers who it used to be before it woke as this armless, slithering thing
Whats more, the aristocrats engine that encouraged me to sacrifice my board (to fuel my Commander, too) left me without enough blockers or enough board presence to survive the mid game and convert to a win
Dominaria gives us a perfect pair: Orca, Siege Demon, and SolKanar the Tainted
Okay, maybe since Archive Trap
The further up the scale you go, the more I would generally expect stronger mana bases to show up because it matters more: cEDH (Bracket 5) decks will want the most efficient mana bases they can have, whereas mana bases for Exhibition (Bracket 1) decks matter less because games are slower and highly thematic