Playing one game means you dont need sideboards, and so interaction or indeed any card thats slotting into a curve to enable a strategy needed to have failsafes, multiple modes, and contingencies in place so it wasnt a dead card
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Commander Legends sets usually need a wealth of legendary characters, too, so borrowing from a mostly untapped IP that is overflowing with characters and adventurers fits the bill as well
For example, if the second ability of Hoarding Dragon from the Foundations release ("When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card, exile it, then shuffle.") is copied and two cards are exiled, then when Hoarding Dragon's third ability ("When this creature dies, you may put the exiled card into its owner's hand.") later resolves, if you choose to put "the exiled card" into its owner's hand, both exiled cards will be put into their owners' hands
The reason is twofold
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