It does require tapping, so you'll need to wait a turn to use it normally, but you can easily combine it with Commander Classics Swiftfoot Boots and Lightning Greaves to protect it and haste it in one swing
The most powerful thing our deck can do is play a couple of magecraft creatures, play a bunch of spells to pump them into massive threats, and kill our opponent by Turn 3 or 4
Theres no doubt tie-ins bring more players through the proverbial door: I finally jumped on board the Magic train around the Lord of the Rings set in 2023 and have been hooked ever since, as have many of my friends
Note that as new cards are released, these numbers will shift
I think Flayer is the card weve needed to form a delirium-based deck in Standard
But in a set where Shock was printed, thats a big deal