It was commonly found in Pioneer alongside Karn, the Great Creator and Nissa, Who Shakes the World before Karn got banned out of the format
One reason for this, Rasmussen says, is: "I don't know that it's going to be a strictly power level sort of thing." He gives the example of Lotus Petal - not the most powerful mana accelerant, but a card that raises eyebrows, and might warrant a higher place on the table than might be expected
This is going in every Ninja and Rogue EDH deck ever built or to be built, and on top of that I suspect its set to be a casual favourite too
Okay, let's do a leap of faith-style dive into the details
The characters in the game itself do a sort of ancient version of dueling with monsters that represent parts of their spirit, but it is important to note that the framing device of the tabletop game itself is integral to the plot that ties all that monster battle fun together
Similarly, commander damage dealt to player by each commander is tracked separately