Garland is a funky card
They only have one mana up, whats the worst that could happen? Mystic Repeal While you can no longer tuck commanders, Mystic Repeal can still remove them from the battlefield
I believe the same is true of Magic design
Erebos, God of the Dead Erebos, God of the Dead is mostly played as an enchantment creature for those decks, like Zur, Eternal Schemer, that lean into that, as well as to decks that make use of its activated ability, like Verrak, Warped Sengir and Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
As I noted, the original artwork for cards was changed after this set, there was one card in the set that had its artwork changed, or tweaked from Revised to Fourth Edition