second landfall flips it to repeat
Paying 8 mana to draw a card seems ludicrous when viewed through the lens of current Magic, but at the time, and thus in this format, its basically the bar by which all card drawing cards are judged
A fun dual-tribal commander that scales exceptionally well when both creature types are supported
Unfortunately, Chris Grundy has had first-hand experience of this
You can use it to maximize value by pointing it at a player that owes you a favor, or you can give another player an opportunity to do something for you
There are exceptions to this rule, but for the purposes of our explanation, we'll write those off (if a card has neither a weakness nor a resistance, it's not exactly good for explaining the concept!)