Its second ability wont matter most of the time, but its already good enough as an annoying, cheap creature
This card is efficient and has immense upside, making it the perfect energy payoff
Pollywog Prodigy Is that you, Esper Sentinel
Giving your opponents no maximum hand size certainly seems to hurt the overall strategy but at the same time, triggering the Commander consistently while also helping us dig through our deck, all the same, seems to be a powerful inclusion for the list
Aside from Hurkyls Final Meditation, which costs at least seven mana, these mass bounce effects only come at sorcery speed
This is Wizards' answer to the question 'what if there was a set just called Magic: The Gathering', and with that is an expectation to both bring in new players and teach them how to play, and also keep veterans engaged with complexity and power