Instant speed graveyard hate is reasonably brutal to this spell, so maybe Languish is safer for Commander
The costs outweighed the benefits for Christensen
You can cast the spell for its normal mana cost, or you can cast the spell for its cleave cost, which is always more expensive
Cut-Ribbons is solid, and if either piece were more powerful, the full card would be busted
For both of these promo cards, the non-glossy versions are roughly 10x-100x easier to grade as well because of non-glossy card stock, better centering, and no common edge damage from peeling from the corocoro comic
Things are a little better for the Ixalan tribes as far as sheer numbers go, but the truth is the payoffs arent really there and the supporting cast is weak