Looking at the rest of the Maze of Millennia set, many of the included cards make thoughtful changes for balance while also considering whether theres even a need for such a card to exist in the modern game
This common creature is very playable in a lot of formats including Pauper, Pioneer, and Modern
The blue label is distinctive and includes a lot of info clearly
Its really a win win situation and the end result I can only assume is that everyone is using their gold to enter into tournaments, in a way this economic system turns everyone on MTG: Arena into a competitive player
Next time, this journey continues with the Trainer Gallery subset section of the set.
It boosts its shipmates according to how many times it (or another friendly commander) has been cast from the command zone, so it can attack, die, then get recast from the command zone to fight again