Being able to gain infinite life and infinite colorless mana means we can just Aetherflux Reservoir everyone out of the game if we draw the necessary cards, and slowing our opponents down gives us time to draw the combo pieces we need
Wrap Up Iona, Shield of Emeria | Illustration by Jason Chan The Commander ban list is quite large, although not that large when you consider the size of the card pool, and it has some very powerful or unfun cards that dip into every section of the color wheel
Theres only two cards that have gained hard early on, but they have REALLY gained
Ugin's Labyrinth
If the discard was something more universal like lands or blue cards instead of artifacts, or always just one card, while retaining its instant cost it would probably get more play than Fact or Fiction, mostly for occupying a slot on the curve in less demand
Collector Preferences Many collectors gravitate toward Japanese cards for their original artwork , cleaner text layout, and aesthetic presentation