It also was in the Lure + Thicket Basilisk + Regeneration combo that was beloved back then too
If you get a custom Magic card printed, its at best a proxy, and should be fine for casual play
The card is the first great Thopter commander, allowing you to play a unique Commander deck utilizing a creature type that while having a lot of support, never has a solid dedicated commander until this point, which also helps drive Leonardo Da Vinci's price up
Riders of Rohan brings two 2/2 Human tokens along for the ride every time it enters the battlefield, and because it has Dash, you can choose for that to be the case every single turn
for the activation is quite steep, but if you're creating a bunch of scions and spawn, its an interesting twist on a go-wide deck
Its enabled by artifacts, and its a huge payoff for playing artifacts later on, and the turns when you play an artifact land and attack with your 8/8 unblockable creature are very strong