Three Strength and six Willpower make it a decent defender, too
Prices could come down a little bit as we get further away from launch, but I've got a funny feeling it's going to hold out for a while longer
You can also do a lot of different, useful things with arguably the best charm for Commander, and it's a very flexible 3-mana counterspell
Commanding Conclusion Noctis, Prince of Lucis | Illustration by Jeremy Chong Final Fantasy has some interesting commanders woven through the sheer bulk, with powerful build-arounds and combo engines
Split Up is a three-mana mass removal spell that will no doubt create headaches in Standard - it's excellent at removing blockers after an alpha-strike from an army of tokens , for instance, but it's also a great early answer to a deck curving out into threats on turns one through three
Not ideal but at least it means you are hitting for 6 over 5