The cards need to still be powerful or at least playable as they need to still be competitive versus other cards
Its a huge 8/8 trampler that must be dealt with, but at the same time, your opponents wont be too keen on doing it, fearing what the dead monstrosity can reanimate to the battlefield
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Yannik, Scavenging Sentinel exiles a creature you control until Yannik leaves the battlefield, distributing +1/+1 counters while Nikara, Lair Scavenger draws you cards for any creature you control leaving the battlefield with counters on it
There may very well be better commanders from 2024, but it would be wrong of me to say that the ones I built werent the best, wouldnt you agree