Adding the engine of Life from the Loam and Conflagrate gives Dredge a way to win with direct damage with just one or two big Conflagrates
What makes Xyz Summoning so unique in comparison to other Special Summoned monsters is that, by and large, a cards effect is only limited to how many materials are attached to the card, unlike most card effects that can only happen once per turn
They have the same illustration, text and style, but are a lot bigger
The set came with a whopping five Commander Precons, and while theyre all pretty good, the best of the bunch is definitely Sultai Arisen, which has some genuinely silly cards in it
Conclusions
So, almost every player takes such a card into battle, so you should be no exception