(For those unaware, each of the Commander 2018 decks have a planeswalker that can be played as a commanderand yes, you'll see the commander for the blue-red deck before this column is over.) Back in 2007, when Lorwyn came out, I wrote a two-part article about the design of planeswalkers
[328] Director Shigeru Ohmori stated that they designed the games based on what they believed of the biggest Pokmon theme of becoming/being "the greatest or strongest", which was expressed in the games' Dynamax / Gigantamax Pokmon core mechanic and the games' increasingly powerful software and hardware capabilities
Clearly, this card was meant to be a unique keepsake
(You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
My favorite is Fumiko the Lowblood, who has been reprinted before and has an odd pair of abilities