In Commander, with 40 life, the payment is even easier
The floor of this card is a sneaky blocker, but the ceiling can be quite high
Azlask, the Swelling Scourge Azlask, the Swelling Scourge is pretty easy to trigger and gain experience, because it works on your colorless artifact creatures too, and turns aggressive dudes like Gingerbrute into fuel for your endgame
It's especially useful for shutting down combo engines with one or two artifact components, since your opponent can't usually start their combo in response
Elvish Archdruid, Priest of Titania, Circle of Dreams Druid its not uncommon to see these creatures tapping for 5 or more mana, which is a lot of power to add to a mana dork, and it can make them relevant threats later in the game
For better or worse, theres no special trick that MTG Arena players are missing here