When Standard-legal booster boxes hit the shelves, their value depends on them containing Commander or older-format staples
Even just in my Lyra deck, the fact I can bring back Serra Ascendant, Esper Sentinel, Bishop of Wings or Restoration Specialist has me hyped
Grayscaled Gharial Grayscaled Gharial is just a 1/1 with islandwalk for 1 mana
Both are going to incentive creating tokens, with Peri biasing slightly more towards a go wide strategy and Romana strong, individual threats
Forcing this horrible choice on your rivals is a fantastic way to whittle their hand down to next to nothing, removing yet more of their options - perfectly devious
Older players may scoff and say play whatever you want, but for someone starting out, the problem of choosing a colour is like deciding what to pursue as a career