Yes, it hits our lands too but thanks to our commander, phasing negates this draw back to only our opponents
Obviously, there are a lot of different ways in which you could upgrade a Commander precon
Casting Cost: Card Type: Legendary Enchantment Creature - Horror Power / Toughness: 9 / 9 Card Text: Mind Flayer, the Shadow isn't a creature unless you control three or more permanents you don't own
Queza, Augur of Agonies + Benthic Biomancer + Heliod, Sun-Crowned Heliod, Sun-Crowned is one of the main creatures responsible for enabling infinite combos
Aang and La, Ocean's Fury is also a meaningful upgrade, even if its pricy to transform and doesnt have the biggest payoff for doing so
Although this should not be too much of a shock to you readers who played competitively at this time, given that Wizards of the Coast had to ban both [card]Jace, the Mind Sculptor[/card] and [card]Stoneforge Mystic[/card] from Standard (and then later, Modern) during [card]Splinter Twin[/card]s time in Standard