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Its a step in the wrong direction in my eyes

The key here is that Ral's transformation is a may ability

It can be a powerful commander, but its most likely home is in a Standard/Pioneer reanimator deck

"To Thine Own Elf Be True"

This actually came as a surprise to me, as conditional mana ramp that adds extra hoops to jump through beyond having fewer lands than your opponent is almost always unplayable, but when that hoop is take this creature off the battlefield, and the reward is both ramp and potentially filling your hand with any land with the Plains subtype, the results are surprisingly effective

Its also a common you can run in a Pauper Commander deck