Giving +3/+1 and trample the turn you cast it is already a huge way to force damage through, and the Monster role token is a big difference, compared to similar combat tricks
Better Mid-Cost Amethyst Steel Deck The mid-cost version gets us much closer to the original design of the deck: dominating the board with sticky Resist characters while feeding yourself lore, cards, and extra Strength through bouncing cards
Maybe WotC was nervous about potential leaks, since they'd have to present those Final Fantasy cards to different parties ahead of time, but whatever the reason, the whole Commander set has been revealed weeks before the main set's full spoiler
In play, the 1-cost card would require some strategy to make it truly become one of the sets best cards, but could be a valuable low-cost card
When you cast the spell, you pay an amount of mana according to which tier you would like to cast the spell at