What will you do when the sands ripple around you
The main consideration is life management, since repeated card draw can add up quickly
You had to find a way to buff damage high enough to kill in two to three hits (Blackblade Reforged was a huge pickup back in the day!), you had to find Protection and Haste for your Commander as it was definitely going to be removed 3 or more times in a game, and you had to do this with comparatively limited access to card draw and ramp, at least compared to today, and at least if you werent playing Rafiq or someone else with green and blue
Just looking at this Entei card, the main move you'll want to use with this card is Combat Blaze
[10] In 2003, the Magic: The Gathering Invitational was held online for the first time
That is, unless the set isn't as advertised, which would make it fall under eBay's Money Back guarantee policy