With new soldiers being printed all the time, including Caesar, Legion's Emporer and Commander Mustard from this years upcoming Universes Beyond: Fallout and Ravnica: Clue Edition releases, it's clear that this type not only has the support, but interesting commanders to back it up
Same goes for spells like Astral Cornucopia and Crackle with Power
As detailed in WotC's The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Mechanics article, descend is connected with three closely related mechanics: Descended, Descend X, and Fathomless Descent
It's in a massive 119,930 decks according to EDHREC.com - getting that in your Command Zone to build around in an abusive color for activated and triggered abilities
Rather, Vein Ripper was the vampire to blame
design gone over the top, The Great Henge combines a potent creaturefall ability with ramp and an absurdly consistent mana reduction ability