If youre not using the shared life total rules tweak presented in Duskmourn Commander , then youll still be in the game if one of your teammates loses
Leaving only a $1500 copy and another at 10k That shows that people are confident that these prices won't be dropping as time goes on, and I think that's the right of it
Often, if your opponent isnt wary of you playing threats, theyll spend all their mana during their turn
This deck works by providing a strong combat presence early and then a crushing combat pressure once the commander enters the battlefield
And while this is the era of the spiking Reserve List card, there are still some great casual cards from this era that are on the Reserve List, but haven't yet spiked
As such, this card was played straight-up despite its drawback