Its hard to articulate exactly what
You can also use Befuddle to bounce Madam Mim, Snake back to your hand, allowing you to then bounce a higher-cost character like Merlin, Goat back to your hand with Mim
You're leaning really hard into the cost reduction, but that's a strong enough incentive to consider this 2-mana legend as your commander
A dynamic rendition of the Beast hanging off a castle balcony in a storm makes for a more action-oriented scene than Beast: Tragic Hero, adding a nice little bonus to a card tracking at $44.99 on TCGPlayer
all mana you spend to cast the spells counts, not only mana to cover the mana cost - additional costs such as offspring costs, alternative costs, and the like are all factored in
I forget why I asked it to suggest a similar card, but it seems to improve results, I speculate that it helps anchor the model