That cheap mana value and access to green both help for when you need to recast your commander
To put this into perspective, the previous set, The Brothers' War has five cards over $20, and none of them are over $100
Luckily, if youre running Green and White, Aura Shards lets all of your creatures pop one artifact or enchantment when they enter play, for just 1GW
Until end of turn, you may play that card without paying its mana cost
A 3/3 flier for two mana that lets you Crew your smaller creatures like Thraben Inspector or Toolcraft Exemplar is every bit as great as it sounds, and it creatures a pressure vacuum very quickly by letting you filter your hand with card draw and begin sculpting a gameplan almost immediately
Isn't this card basically battalion