They are a perfect fit for trickster-style decks that win by causing absolute chaos
Ancestry Perhaps the most obvious precursor mechanic to Escape is Dredge
Attack 2: [1WPP] Light Pulse (110) Prevent all effects of your opponent's attacks, except damage, done to this Pokemon during your opponent's next turn
Tifa Lockhart BPhillipYork: Okay, obviously you need to hit about 4 land drops and suddenly this gets scary, 2, 4, 8, 16, but even then you'd need to hit 5 land drops to one hit kill someone, which, that's really quite a bit
However I have to embrace midrange strategy and I miss the stupid things I can do with this card
32 Losheel, Clockwork Scholar Keep Your Metal Automatons Safe A mono-white artifact commander, Losheel is a 2/4 for three mana that incentivizes the use of artifact creatures