As a standalone card, it's not as good though
I think this is still a cheap entry point, considering a regular Powder Keg costs nearly $10 and a foil original printing is more than $100
The land base is another easy way to reduce the cost of Commander decks right now, as so many lands have steadily risen in price over the last few years that if you want to run mostly non-basics, it's going to take up a huge portion of your budget.
I still think that if you were big on the tribes featured on Ixalan, this set is great, if not easily skippable
The beginning player, though, doesn't tend to think of the death trigger as a result of blocking, so the idea that you could combine the creature damage with the death trigger effect never occurs to him or her