I get the sense that hes not lost at all, for once, but is exactly where he needs to be: kicking Phyrexian ass
It may also be harder to justify running Aspiring Champion in full polymorph decks as it's not exactly a creature you're excited to randomly hit with other effects like it, but decks with lots of big demons could be very happy to play it
The limitation that Ashnod cant duplicate mana abilities exists solely to prevent her from completely breaking the game with treasure tokens
Finally, Scrawling Crawler is a bit of a "group slug" card
This deck did a great thing in enabling top-deck the way it did, giving us unique commanders that are well-loved in various ways, and it even provided a few quirky new cards that have homes in several different places
When form meets function, one cant help but smile