Being able to swap out Defiant Bloodlord for a three drop with a relevant mana sink ability is pretty huge
Their return in Outlaws of Thunder Junction heralded a new use for Deserts, not only because there were just more of them to work with, but also because that set included Desert Bloom, a Commander precon using Deserts as a backdrop to a landfall deck
While one mana is pretty easy to pay, the ward effect has the potential to keep your creature protected across several turns, or at least tax your opponent so they cant do multiple things in a turn
It somehow manages to blend Elixir of Immortality with Command Beacon, and I love it
You can do this manually, but we have technology, which means apps
Spider-Man is an awkward structural anomaly due to being resized during development, but future Marvel sets shouldnt have the same problem