Blue has such a rich card pool to offer, but most blue decks wouldnt be complete without this card
Now, every Commander-centric set has a card or two that has a good shot of making a splash in Eternal formats, and hey, look, two of them show up in this deck
If you are able to attack a battle (with Sieges, every player who is not the protector can do so, though this may differ with other battle subtypes), you can attack with your creatures , or use direct-damage spells that allow you to either target a battle specifically, or merely say any target
Tap and untap are fundamental parts of Magic, so much so that theyve explicitly been trademarked
Well, it turns out it did replace Mana Leak entirely, except maybe in four color strategies and decks which gains some special advantage by playing Remand or Drown in the Loch instead
Embercleave more expensive or even uncastable