This is a commander for people who want to cast crazy spells off the top of their deck
Very few rares stay over $10 unless they are cross-format stars or staples, so whatever this hype is, you want to be feeding it, not holding and hoping
Wizards of the Coast provides a quantity of free-of-charge Play Boosters to use as prizing for the event
This causes issues, as the equipment and items in stores are based on story progression, not your level, and monsters get far more stats from their levels because human units are supposed to mostly rely on equipment to boost their stats, putting you increasingly behind statistically as you level up without getting better equipment
Eight mana for a 5/5 flying, lifelink, haste, exalted creature is fine, but being able to convoke this onto the board faster thanks to your army of vampires makes this a fun bomb to drop