It became a key component of the version that ruled block, the best version now in Standard and now it is reaching out in Extended not just to Affinity but to other decks as well
Sharuum the Hegemon Once a popular commander in the early days of EDH, you dont see Sharuum the Hegemon much anymore, though it's far from the worst commander
Sapphire Steel is built around the Hero synergy, one I actually think has potential, but more in the Amber Steel deck
Each has released with sets of Starter Decks, Booster Packs, Gift Sets, and Booster Boxes
If Shards you control do become copies of the creature, they'll use the copiable values of the creature as it last existed on the battlefield
Sure, he is better than Viridian Shaman but he needs to be waaay better to get get in as a gold card