This is clearly a reflection of a change in design philosophy away from generically powerful Commander cards that I and most in the community appreciate
Wrap Up Farideh, Devil's Chosen | Illustration by Magali Villeneuve As you can see, there are quite a few commanders you can build around if you're into dice-roll mechanics
With its second ability, you can use two mana and discard a card to create a 2/2 Knight token with vigilance
Whenever you sacrifice a Food, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature
Venser the Sojourner is very hard to fit in to things, he is a bit pricey for his starting loyalty and has effects that are a bit at odds with each other and tend to require you to build around them to make them at all useful
So, on top of having a creature that can kill their favorite blocker no matter how big it is, you get to turn it into a time bomb