One of those cases where a great card is made to look poor because of the meta and not because of the power of the card in question
Recent memory
Ghitu Lavarunner hits early as a 2/2 usually on turn two if you cast a one-drop spell on turn-1 and turn-2
+ 1 Volcanic Fallout, 2 Ancient Grudge, 1 Pyroclasm, 3 Nourishing Shoal, 3 Autochthon Wurm 2 Inquisition of Kozilek, 2 Time of Need, 1 Goryos Vengeance, 3 Boseiju, Who Shelters All, 2 Wild Guess While you would prefer to have time to cast Wild Guess and Time of Need, you dont
Riku of Two Reflections Riku of Two Reflections is a classic Temur commander that copies spells after paying an additional cost
Raise the Palisade returns all creatures that don't share a type with the named creature type