Its an opponent, not necessarily the one you just swung at, which makes it quite good
One of Asmodeuss best homes in Commander, in fact, is in Mairsil, the Pretender decks, largely because Mairsil can pull off a variant of this combo itself
It also punks Ghostly Prison/Propaganda and other similar stax pieces, which are always a pain for equipment decks
Infects hayday has passed with hyper-efficient removal like Fatal Push and efficient threats like Orcish Bowmasters, but this is still one of the best infect cards you can play in any Magic format thanks to its evasion
Taking advantage of MTG Arenas ability to alter digital objects no matter where they go during gameplay, powerful benefits and unique changes add strategies found nowhere else in Magic
Not many people look back on the Aetherdrift set favorably due to the theming, the force-feeding of Loot as a character in all of the art, and the lackluster cards with the exception of maybe Ketramose