Karakas First Printed: 1994-JUN Banned: 2008-SEP Commander is a format that focuses on legendary creatures that tie together decks thematically, and Karakas is a land that can both prevent a player from having consistent access to their commander AND allow its controller to consistently save their commander from removal
(Because...right?) With this ironclad reasoning behind him, Gilgamesh assumes Snow must be a shape-shifted Bartz, and the rest is history
However, most of these cards immediately fell off when cards from the Collector's Booster Packs came out, and as more players get to try out the new cards in their decks to see if they worked as much as they expected
Wizards, if you want to get people excited about your own in-house IP, this feels like the exact wrong way to go about it
Even with Otharri, Suns Glory alone, it would be worth it, but with all the Rebel recruit activated abilities the synergy makes it powerful