Its removal both early and late, and its also excellent reach for closing out a game
Among the competitive formats, cards from Commander were only legal in Legacy and Vintage
Bumbleflower, its nice to receive the occasional gifts for doing basically nothing, even if you have to view Bumbleflower as a threat at basically all times
Dragons are the coolest creatures, and this tribal deck combines the best of them under the banner of Commander The Ur-Dragon, which makes them all cheaper from the command zone
After four solid sets with four solid thematic theming, the fact that Shimmering Skiess theme so far is that theres a big party is somewhat underwhelming
Yes, its potential targets were by definition fewer, but the swap didn't inherently fix the non-games problem with Strip Mine, especially for decks of mostly or all nonbasic Lands