It allows you to also get a shrine, so its a 4-mana card that tutors two cards
Making massive threats is also appealing
they're perfect for building decks, playing Limited games with friends, and are tons of fun to open - A DRAGONS HOARD OF TARKIR TREASURES Each Play Booster contains 14 cards of rarity Rare or higher, including the possibility of a Special Guest Mythic Rare from Magics history featuring new Borderless art - SHINING FOIL IN EVERY PACK Every booster also includes at least 1 shining Traditional Foil card of any rarity
Creatures (22) 2 Hostage Taker 2 Lyra Dawnbringer 3 Thief of Sanity 4 Deputy of Detention 3 Seraph of the Scales 4 Basilica Bell-Haunt 4 Hero of Precinct One Planeswalkers (2) Lands (24) Spells (12) On the other side of Esper spectrum is Esper Midrange, and this is literally the decks entire strategy
Control decks were not a part of the game for a long time, but HeartGold and SoulSilver-Nobel Victories had the Chandelure archetype which was exactly that: Item lock your opponent (and yourself) with Vileplume, use Chandelure to spread damage counters and draw with Tropical Beach
The issue here is that neither he nor the backup commander care, and you really shouldnt be caring about anything your commander doesnt care about