Given all that, why did speculators target this card this month
All three of these are reasonable two-drops for Mono-White or Azorius Aggro but need some conditions to be met to perform well
Its not as useful in other formats where players may not be running artifacts or enchantments
Its a really quick way to overpower your opponents if you play it right
The controller wants to defeat the Siege, because once the Siege's last defense counter is removed, it is exiled, and its controller gets to play its reverse face for free
In a Commander game, the Piledrivers power will surely skyrocket to preposterous proportions, allowing you to (hopefully) swing at multiple players at a time for lethal damage so long as your board is chock full of those lovely, grubby little Gobbos