But bouncing is actually an advantage not a disadvantage
If this play-before-prerelease feels familiar, thats because the exact same stunt happened during Tarkir: Dragonstorm , when Ornate Imitations began spewing neon-fresh dragonlords a week ahead of schedule: Source: Reddit And players had already noted that Fear of Change could do something similar back in October last year: Source: Reddit In fact, as soon as this week's Arena Announcement said that the FF cards were going to be patched a week before launch, players were already getting their Ornate decks ready
Purestrains prepare the battlefield and Broodlords ensure they can keep doing that, until eventually you have Patriarchs to come and turn their enemy's strength against each other
Of course, to have Brisela, you need Bruna and Gisela
It's popular in multiple formats, and Commander is no exception
As you only need to deal ten damage to defeat an opponent, this allows you to easily get in without your opponents being able to put any creatures in front of it