When this card was brought back as Rising Waters, it was a competitive card at 3U
Spread across two bodies, that's usually going to be better than one big creature
Cycling ( , Discard this card: Draw a card.) Cid, Timeless Artificer Rarity: Uncommon TYPE: Legendary Creature SUBTYPE: Human Artificer CMC: 4 Mana cost: USD: $5.18 EUR: 10.51 TIX: 0.17 EDHREC RANK: 12038 (4/4) Artifact creatures and Heroes you control get +1/+1 for each Artificer you control and each Artificer card in your graveyard
2022 brought us the first non-Ravnican gates in Commander Legends: Baldur's Gate (CLB), which introduced gates like Cliffgate and, more importantly, gate synergies like Basilisk Gate, which spawned a whole archetype in Pauper
Love the art, though
Squall, SeeD Mercenary is a Double Strike giver as long as a creature we control attacks alone