The kicker costs offset the life loss a little bit, but this sort of Dark Confidant style of card advantage tends not to work out well in Commander unless youre gaining tons of life or manipulating your library somehow
Meet [casthaven]Triton Cavalry[/casthaven]
This card started slowly at about $25 on release but began to creep up higher and higher, eventually skyrocketing overnight to a high of around $60 before settling at its current price
Snorlax EX is bound to be one of the most meta-defining cards moving forward and it makes the infamous Giratina EX all the more functional
These Legendary cards - the Zapdos is different from the one you start with if you pick Charmander, by the way - are not unlocked through microtransactions or by spending in-game currency on booster packs with a tiny drop rate, however, theyre just unlocked by battling the Grand Masters
For example, a deck can play many Blood Artist lookalikes, many Persist creatures, multiple ways to generate +1/+1 counters on them as they ETB and of course many sacrifice outlets
