Your deck can function without one or both, and some decks prefer not to run them for various reasons
Odds are youre playing this with a white Commander, and that effect is just dead
702.26j Abilities that trigger when a permanent becomes attached or unattached from an object or player dont trigger when that permanent phases in or out
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Brawl Legal Vintage Legal Timeless Legal Commander Legal Pauper Not Legal Oathbreaker Legal Penny Not Legal Toolbox Buy This Card Notes and Rules Information for Touch the Spirit Realm: If a double-faced card is exiled and returned to the battlefield with Touch the Spirit Realm or its channel ability, that card will return to the battlefield front-face up
The Thing The Thing is one of only a few 4-color commanders that's explicitly designed to win through combat damage, specifically commander damage