One of the most powerful things having extra cards does for you is giving you the ability to be flexible and adapt based on the battlefield state
Despite being reprinted as recently as the MTG Lord of the Rings commander precons, it remains a very expensive Magic card
Finally, both 2D and 3D artists get feedback, which ranges from "that looks weird" to "this VFX is distracting from gameplay," and everyone does final polish passes
I mean, just consider the following
Now that I've shown you my top 10 older Magic: The Gathering cards that have Time Counters on them, it's worth asking how many of them are going to see more play in Commander in the coming months
That said, each of these cards is actually quite good with simple, powerful abilities that instantly get your deckbuilding brain going