Between enter the battlefield effects, triggered abilities, and other synergies, it's often the case that playing a creature provides an opponent with much more value than just the creature's board presence
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A card like Blighted Cataract is colorless in game, but has a blue color identity, and we're focusing on cards that could be played in a colorless Commander deck
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Creatures with powerful ETB effects (like token makers or card-draw options) make Smile at Death feel overwhelming very quickly
While Riku isnt game-breaking, you get incremental value from Riku each time you cast a modal spell, which adds up in the long run