Or its late game and you need that Hail Mary card
That has cut into its popularity, as its unclear what it should be expected to do
At some point, I saw and built a Grixis Dragonstorm Commander deck with cheap ramp spells, tutors, and fast mana to build up into a large Dragonstorm, and swing for the win with hasty dragons thanks to Dragonlord Kolaghan or a convoluted combo involving Worldgorger Dragon and Animate Dead, making it one of the funniest decks Ive ever played with
Anyone not playing zombies needs to deal with Noxious Ghoul stat if they have any hopes of keeping a creature in play
I see the biggest impact of conflating these sentiments in players who are new to the format, and I wonder how many bounce off Commander with a negative impression as a result
The mechanic itself will be largely forgotten about before long, except for those decks that are able to make use of them the best