At the very least, it allows you to force them into some bad attacks and tap them out of mana
Reprint Potential Thanks to granting a permanent buff, Riding the Dilu Horse could be strong enough to merit a reprint eventually, which makes buying this card an even worse idea
Linvala shuts down opposing creature abilities, securing her place alongside the best Angel commanders MTG players value for control-oriented strategies
Furthermore, at the beginning of your upkeep, you gain X life and draw X cards based on how many of your permanents your opponents control
Theres even a much clearer commander in the form of Rhys the Redeemed, but it seems like Wizards wanted to go with commanders that are inexpensive
The three options are: proliferate (duplicate any counters on any players or permanents), a target creature phases (card cannot be interacted with until their next untap step), or counter an activated or triggered ability