For the cost of 5, those stats dont seem particularly impressive at first glance
Cactuars 7 mana cost does keep it respectful, but in these days of fast mana and cheating creatures out, its not a stretch to imagine this card being a winning move out of nowhere
In addition, Rakdos cards allow you to use black spells that have them re-enter the battlefield when they die to trigger the effect twice and keep a powerful creature
It reduces the overall cost of your Dragon spells by two generic mana, dropping the overall cost of your commander down to just five mana
Wizards said yesbut the set had already gone to print so it was too late to include the art in the set
Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn / Hydaelyn, the Mothercrystal In commander the name of the game is legendary spells, so planeswalkers and cards you already want in your white deck like Flowering of the White Tree and Caduceus, Staff of Hermes, get much better with Venat, Heart of Hydaelyn in play