You can sacrifice it or another lesser creature to benefit from the exploit effect, and there are some loops that include bringing it back again for more value and combos
While Ponder would certainly see a lot of play if it were unbanned, and powering up Izzet even more does worry me, in a world of Consider and Expressive Iteration, is Ponder really too powerful
More recent Sugimori illustrations, however, tend to feature heavier shading, fluid-looking poses, and rounder corners
I'd argue that Y'shtola falls in the "too strong" category and not a fan of how power-creepy it is, but it's hard to deny that this will excite a lot of players who like obviously powerful commanders
Arcane Denial Speaking of old cards, I still have a good few that people just don't have love for
This, of course, led to us doing the ally color cycle