This ability has made Dread Return a key finisher in some of the fastest and most degenerate combo decks in the game's history, like Oops
There is minimal protection and evasion for Laelia to allow players to interact, but there is a solid amount of value and recursion to ensure you never fall behind if she is removed
The risk here is that turn three is too late to have a 2/2, but the ability to potentially exile enemy threats could tip things into making this card a bit of a monster
Second, typal cards tend to be very popular in the Commander crowd, sometimes even in the Constructed metas (looking at you, merfolk)
The trade-off is resale value - English cards hold a stronger secondary market in the US and UK, which matters if you plan to sell singles
One employee shared an MTG unicorn planeswalker in December 2022, and another MTG Universes Beyond planeswalker was spotted around a week later