It only costs one mana, and, for the cost of two mana and two life, players can activate Phyrexian Reclamation to return a creature from their graveyard to their hand
And the abilities that the network created itself, like Tromple (an amusing mangling of Trample) simply existed unexplained on some cards until it was illuminated by Adakar Vitionary: And of course, because MTG has so much flavor each of the five colors in MTG have their own style of play, most-used mechanics, naming principles, etc
Thats fine if Commander wasnt a format that allowed to pick and chose these commanders, but at the end of the day the mechanic isnt going to function in Draft so its pointless to judge it in that scenario
Wild Mongrel is already a great creature, but when paired with double-strike effects like Double Cleave or Soul Fire, or madness cards like Basking Rootwalla or Reckless Wurm, it becomes one of the best cards in your deck
This is just not what Constructed is about
It also means that if you really want access to these effects as a Commander player, you have a much more affordable route to getting a card with the same effect
