With the recent increase of goad and related mechanics in current sets and Commander products, it might be smart to find a space for this card in your next brewespecially if you know your go to pod of players run swingy decks and youre on the slower, engine-building game plan
You typically need to dredge a number of times per turn to really get things rolling just using your draw step each turn will not be enough
All that said, we have toyed with putting Imperial Mask in a set on more than one occasion
I mean, I think it would be really fun to troll my friends with a 1996 World Champion as my commander
Finally, I'll point out that Marneus, Alela, and Raffine all also play into an Esper sub-theme that may be subtle, but is definitely powerful: aggro-tempo
It's a colorless way of getting any basic land and putting it into your hand