The Orb was just printed for three to drop, two to sac, and then can ramp out two basics (or Gates), one to the battlefield and one to your hand much like an artifact version of CCC (Commander Classic Cultivate)
This five-mana red and white planeswalker comes in with four loyalty, can create 3/2 spirit tokens, allows you to Discover with a value of four - which means you can cast the next nonland card in your library with a mana value of four or less for free - and lets you exile cards from your graveyard to gain mana, then cast those cards if you want to
Commander rules allow you to start with 40 life, which is already a huge boost, and there are more than enough ways to gain life, even infinite life
Thats understandable though, as it was in a set called Ice Age which was printed back in 1995
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