Lately, Ive been picking the brain of our fantastic editor, Adam Styborski about this very issue
This payoff is absolutely incredible, with Kick spells being recurrable even if your Commander dies, but it does require some setup
That highly specific ward requirement means your opponents will trade their commanders for those Path to Exiles, forcing them to commit to a board wipe if they want to remove your commander
That's the same size as a card you'd pull from a booster pack, which means your proxies fit standard sleeves, slide into the same deck boxes, and feel identical in hand next to real cards
I see it primarily doing well with hexproof creatures and enchantments in a pseudo-Voltron shell
Since Seismic Assault is free to activate, it has more potential in a combination deck that seeks to dump a hand full of lands at a moment's notice