Its not hard to see why: dealing with any nonland card in advance for just one mana is hyper-efficient and, no matter how far power creep goes, probably always will be
Few other board wipes are capable of as much one-sided destruction as Crux of Fate, making it an auto-include in any Dragon decks that have black within their color identity
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An easy combo is Pili-Pala with anything that allows your commander to tap for two mana or more, like Sol Ring or Palladium Myr for infinite mana, which you can then use to win with the abilities of Walking Ballista
Triggered mana abilities trigger when mana abilities are activated, and resolve immediately without expecting a player to have priority
On the other hand, if they have multiple commanders, you may end up at a disadvantage