Its a very strong card, and even just looting a few times and phasing out somebodys Commander is a strong effect for four mana
This can help you easily find cards that are part of a specific evolution chain or have a certain ability
Instead, you're putting it into the graveyard and exiling it with Agatha's Soul Cauldron to give its effect to another creature for a devastating combo
In the early years of Magic , we did a lot sillier things creatively and over the years have narrowed the tone of the game
Hell, you could literally call the new format something like Digital Kitchen Table Magic and embrace the fact that its going to be less serious
It could race well, it could go wide, it could grind out value and go long, it could go big, it could go through, it was just a capable deck