Elrond, Lord of Rivendell Marcy: I don't know if I love Elrond as a commander, as I think he works better as a piece in a Galadriel / Arwen scry Elf style deck, but even without being in an Elf themed deck, Elrond is a pretty solid card that just produces good value
Memory Crystal was great because it reduced all Buyback costs by two colorless Mana, which was much bigger for the Buyback cards of Tempest, before Stronghold and Exodus starting adding life and sacrificing various permanents to those Buyback costs
When asked how it felt to break this record, Paul said he'd been trying to do this his "whole life"
Negate any Trap effects that target this card on the field, and if you do, destroy that Trap
shelves until January 1999, so a card marked 1995 was printed years after the date it carries