17 Aesi, Tyrant Of Gyre Strait Pure Value One of the reasons that Simic is viewed as such a powerful color combination in Commander is that card draw and mana ramp are both integral parts of the format, with blue and green excelling in those areas, respectively
As a land, you can transform it back to Ojer Axonil for three mana if youve dealt at least four damage with noncombat red sources during your turn
Theyre plenty good if you only use them to get two of the three colors they fix for, and some decks (notably those with Landfall and Sacrifice triggers) will use them even if they only hit one of their colors
Meanwhile your opponents' counter making is halved and rounded down so a +1 loyalty ability from your foe won't put anything on their planeswalker
Most players dont realize that only one of those four pillars can be increased without detriment to the others: card draw
How did that Abe guy not have Fire // Ice at the top spot? Or are you more of a slow chill sort of person