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All of this combined into a perfect storm that seems to have left Standard as an afterthought

(thanks to the very excellent MTG Salvation Wiki for this as we were not playing back then) Balduvian Horde was initially heralded as the "new Juzam Djinn," then considered the best creature in Magic, as a 5/5 for

In Commander with a creature as your leader that's a guaranteed +1/+1 which could be a faster Commander Kill by a turn so it's a Time Walk in mana dork form

It lies somewhere in high casual, playing some pretty powerful cards like Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer, Smothering Tithe, and a pumped-up mana base compared to the precon