You don't have to pick the same number every time, you can adjust Talion every time you have him come into play to match what the table is playing
With this commander on the field, Boltwave is the cheapest way to draw nine cards ever printed
Once it transforms, you get an emblem with its life drain ability, and now whenever it attacks, you may sacrifice any number of Creatures to draw that many cards instead of sacrificing them one at a time
Its very common for cards to perform better or worse in practice than they look in theory, so seeing how they play for yourself is the best way to optimize your deck for what it aims to do
This is so easy to do in MTG now - especially in red and just with Quintorius - that youll get a lot of use out of this card
Speaking of which, Arcane's art is some of the most cutting-edge animation we've ever seen