As design philosophy has changed and they have added more value to cards (including lands), card advantage has become less of a constraint, and being constrained as mana has become the games core constraint
Celes, Rune Knight Celes, Rune Knight is a wonderful Mardu card for reanimator decks
This creature can also make two 1/1 white Cat tokens when it hits the battlefield, making it a fine flicker target, if any white flicker effects are available
This markup is often too insurmountable a downside to overcome for decks that want to reuse their permanents, but our commander is Vivi OrnitierVivi Ornitier , an extremely cheap creature that makes a frankly broken amount of mana the instant he comes down
If the nightmare/horror commander isnt clamoring for it, thats a sign
Final Fantasy's Absolute Virtue gives you protection from all opponents