By exiling a blue card and paying 1 life, you cast it for free, which is why it has anchored Legacy and Vintage for decades and why "do you have the Force?" became a genuine question at high-level tables
I have played more Fire / Ice with no ability to cast one half of the card more than I have played most other whole cards
The game they created was called Ultima , which went on to inspire a group of Japanese developers to put their own spin on it, releasing the original Final Fantasy in 1987
Most of your average Evasive characters have a lower Strength stat, so without boosting their Strength somehow (Amethyst using Merlin - Crab on an Evasive character in the same color), you'll be scrambling to get him off the field
Bird Typal hasnt ever really been a viable deck in Commander, but Choco totally changes that
It's perfect thematic flavor for Aragorn rushing at some enemies and calling upon the power of the undead army