Magic players would certainly benefit from utilizing this card in the draft format
In Commander, though, you usually control your commander when casting it, which means you get both effects at once
Hobgoblin Bandit Lord not only gives your Goblins +1/+1 , it can straight up kill one of your opponents
Sadly, there's only a moderately played (MP) sale at $417.99 to reference, which leaves plenty of unanswered questions, but also suggests cards in lightly played (LP), or near-mint (NM) condition would command incredibly high sums
And even though this $360 (average) card helped the other player, it also enabled me to punish them with even stronger Fireballs
Credit: Wizards of the Coast Rodolf Duskbringer FromTheShire: He doesn't let you combo off, but Rodolf will do some powerful and annoying stuff, even if he's just in an aristocrats shell