At this time of year, you may be with friends or family, and, for any Magic the Gathering player, that dramatically increases the risk of an ad-hoc Commander game breaking out
Every instant and sorcery will grant you extra value once Talrand is on the battlefield, so its wise to cast as many cheap spells as possible
What this functionally means is you can swing with this Maui once the turn after you play him, and then if you want to use him again at any point, you have to pay 2 ink
Some players load their decks with as many efficient creatures as they can, sometimes taking advantage of creature type synergies
Phyrexian Ingester gets +X/+Y, where X is the exiled creature card's power and Y is its toughness
And really, there's not much to say about it other than that