It also allows you to cast all of your green creature spells as though they had Flash
Due to their often higher mana costs and splashy effects, many of the more modern Hydras have bypassed formats like Standard, Pioneer, and Modern, and were printed directly into Commander sets
Im even going to try this one out: Creatures (23) 4 Rattleclaw Mystic 3 Whisperwood Elemental 3 Den Protector 2 Deathmist Raptor 3 Nissa, Vastwood Seer 4 Hangarback Walker 2 Oblivion Sower 2 Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Planeswalkers (3) Lands (26) Spells (8) From Beyond gets better when the 1/1s actually threaten to trade with stuff and when you go up on fetchable Eldrazi options
While its plenty powerful, its the effect on perceived barrier-to-entry that really posed a problem because casual players watching Commander games in passing could reasonably assume that they needed hundreds (now thousands) of dollars in Power-9 mana as table stakes, just to join the format
Or if youre playing against one of the instant speed decks like Control or Creativity it ends up being something like a 2 for 3, that they have the option to counter if somehow that isnt to their advantage
If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage instead