Whether you're in a casual Commander game or racing against the clock in a tournament, Lotus helps ensure smooth gameplay without slow play
If this thing was a named legendary creature - even if it was a new version of that weird little rat Loot - it might feel like a mythic rare, purely on the basis that "cute little guys" is an established archetype for extremely rare and powerful creatures
Thanks to having four opponents, in Commander games, Faerie Mastermind can ideally provide four times the draw
Leaving bodies behind is going to make this not great against go-wide token decks, but youre usually going to be sweeping bigger and/or more useful creatures and downgrading every threat on the board in the majority of Commander games
Not only are these often useful when playing the game, but pulling one of the rarest cards can be fun on its own, with beautiful artwork to further distinguish them
And if you have the city's blessing, you'll put two +1/+1 counters on them instead