Its not quite as strong as the backup commander for the Imperium deck, but thats not to say it isnt a good card in its own right
The only borderless cards that drop in this slot are the borderless planeswalkers
You can't just weave these into any of our products, but when you're doing these one-off cards and you're trying to build a Chun-Li that's gonna go on to live a wonderful life in Commander decks where people are pulling through all of Magic, it just unlocks all of that. Heggen says that Commander is the primary lens through which [were] viewing these, but that theres no arbitrary threshold they have to hit in terms of viability or popularity in the format
(2025-11-17) If the Elemental that caused Champion of the Path's second ability to trigger is no longer on the battlefield when that ability resolves, use that Elemental's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much damage is dealt
Apart from us speculating and asking questions on Reddit and the MTG Arena Forum, WotC kept quiet on the topic for a couple years following that announcement
Phyrexia's mascot isn't the most popular creature to cheat into play, but its certainly relevant, and it's among the best 4-color commanders in the game