While the mana cost on Kates attack trigger high, this commander can smash for the win when you get to a certain point in the match
Instead, Purphoros has proved itself in the Commander format as a favorite mono-red commander, and it's easy to see why
However, these cards were also notable for having many production issues, like one-pixel vertical lines going down the card-face
Because Carmen cares about permanents , not just creatures , you can set up fantastic value engines where you sacrifice cards like Ichor Wellspring away and get them back to outdraw your opponents
For what its worth, Mark Rosewater (head designer for Magic) agrees in hindsight, stating that it should have just been an unnamed mechanic that appeared as rules text on cards, or even changed to a supertype