A reliance on randomness is fun and wild for Commander decks, but it can be a double-edged sword
New world order In one of his articles, Mark Rosewater introduced us to the New World Order in their design process: They would make sure that the common cards as they are the cards that new players will have the most contact with will never be overly complex: They should be easy to understand and easy to play with, so as these players become more interested and start buying more packs, they will gradually start having contact with rarer, and more complex cards, making the learning curve less steep
Absolutely worth a slot
Entering tapped is a noticeable downside, but the potential here is sky high, and its not difficult to get a lot out of it once its untapped
Surge of Salvation Surge of Salvations specificity often regulates it to the sideboard, though the general hexproof attached to the first ability offers enough universality that you could run it in the 99 of an EDH deck if you really wanted
Furthermore, things that wont migrate include: unopened packs and items, currency, avatar items, friend lists, and decks youve made