MDFCs are mainly more complex split cards that only let you cast one side at a time
He does have a bunch of tags on him, including Villain and Pirate, so maybe that makes him somewhat relevant somehow
For the first kind, think cards like Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger, Craterhoof Behemoth, or planeswalkers like Ugin, the Spirit Dragon
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Should you find yourself mana-screwed, you wont have the security of a hand full of resources to deploy once you find lands, and its a do-nothing top deck later in the game when you need action
This artifact-making value engine of a card used to make waves in Modern, and even though it got a semi-recent reprint in the first Modern Horizons, it's still valued at $53 (all prices from MTGGoldfish)