In over 30 years of Magic: The Gathering, weve only had 27 creatures that can serve as fully colorless Commanders
Despite the card coming into play tapped after the third turn of the game, the sheer amount of versatility it offers more than makes up for this drawback
This is the sort of quiet engine that I expect to see here and there for a long time moving forward in Magic -dom
You can only become the monarch as the result of a card that introduces the monarch mechanic, and, as long you are the monarch, you can draw a card at the end of your turn
You can only get the Japanese variants from collector boosters if youre opening a product of any other language
Reasonably high-value promo A strong card, but not notably competitive Lorcana promos handed out at events tend to be harder to find, so their value naturally rises