It's very important that Magic cards have a satisfying unity of mechanics and creative treatment, so we decided not to proceed with the "wild card" commanders
But sometimes you don't need the mana right away, and you'd rather get some sort of bonus from the land you grab
Heliod scales with it nicely as well, and with the option to play both, BW tokens/pillow fort could be very nasty
At face value, the Equipment isnt anything special
The lifeloss is negligible most of the time but forces you to play and build with it in a certain way that does leave it a tiny bit on the narrow side
This a respectable card, but when you compare it as one of the best phoenixes to something like Consecrated Sphinx as the best sphinx, its not even a competition