Im not a huge fan of buying from Star City Games, but selling to them is always an option
If you aren't familiar with Magic (which is entirely reasonable given that we cover multiple card games on the site and there will be readers that don't particular about some of the games we cover), then the big deal with this card is the fact for 10 years, the ability simply couldn't be utilized under any circumstance at all
Alania does cost quite a bit at five mana, but the ability to copy your first instant, sorcery or crucially Otter spell each turn can snowball quickly
While Animate Library turns your library into an artifact creature that slowly loses power over the course of the game, animating it on turn six is very likely still giving you a 20+ power creature
Whenever your commander is sent from the battlefield to either your hand, graveyard, exile, or library, you may choose to have it go back to the command zone instead
Check out the article for my explanation and supporting evidence on how I arrived at that conclusion
