Essentially, its a cheaper Sanguine Bond on a stick that comes back after being removed
Moreover, you can only include cards in your Commanders color identity or artifacts
We use several high-cost spells, so having as much low-cost mana rocks as we can and playing them as soon as possible is our goal, particularly because we use Ancient Tomb, which brings us more aggressive play lines very early on
As well as the Quarter Star Layers all have the Stanted Sheen Holo pattern of the rest of the card
Much of the power of the 3 mana mode comes from the fact that it makes your opponent feel like the game will be lost when you get to seven mana
Lacerate Flesh is heavily outclassed by white and black removal, but for RG and UR, its a solid backup for the highly-contested Wolf Strike