This card can turn the tide of the game by allowing additional attacks, mana untapping, and more card draws
If you like commanding legions, reviving fallen warriors, or doubling your battlefield triggers, then Mardu is the wedge for you
If you kill Thought-Knot Seer, they draw a random card
Timmy, Power Gamer , has a face in the artwork that tells me that the artist definitely took like a mugshot of some real person (likely a member of the M:TG development team) and drew the rest of the artwork around him
Cathars' Crusade is a nice intersection between a creature-heavy deck and a +1/+1 counter synergy EDH deck
Some good Gruul commanders definitely show up, but I try to highlight cards that also play well in the 99