From there, the player can easily pump the creature, gain life (probably the weakest ability), or weaken another creature
It also screws up the math for your opponents, suddenly, they get a 2:1 since they remove your card with a card of theirs and they get their card back (assuming you are getting anything useful from the saga) that being said if this is for like an enchantress deck, you get a trigger off the ETB and don't care so much if it goes away
Counterspells until the end of days
You gain life every turn even if its just sitting safely in the command zone
It can help to make a deck hum, after all
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