The nice thing about that abstraction is that instead of telling the player, Here is what is happening, they get to bridge that gap. For the game industry, its hoped for as a potential blockbuster
The Neo world order is here
Double Strike reduces the need for much buffing, as any creature with 11 or more power will hit for the required lethal 21 commander damage if they're not blocked
Most Pokmon collectors are familiar with Ninetales most famous variant the No Damage error on the Shadowless issue
While 8 mana is certainly a lot, and that does preclude it from being in many Commander decks, basically any Green Commander deck should be playing Ugin, since its so easy to produce the mana in that color
if you dont have plenty of discard/self-mill effects, its hard to do it on demand, and these creatures are so expensive you cant slot them into any old deck