Without the care of the tideshapers, the Lanes lie neglected
Strong card flow, no one cares about life loss in Commander, and you can add loyalty counters to your other 'walkers without pulling planeswalkers and then you can add in +1/+1 counters to your stuff and counters onto Helix Pinnacle to win and then poison on foes and then also -1/-1 on their stuff
The value of Recruiter is as a Tutor that doesn't diminish your support cards
In a very loose comparion you could say Counterspell was the Vindicate equivalent while other counterspells would represent cards like Abrupt Decay and Desert Twister
All sorts of things can ruin cards: Sweat, oil from hair and bathroom products, food crumbs, fingernails, spilled drinks you name it
You need to figure out a way to get it into the game without it being in your deck.) Target player draws three cards