The creature you return must be tapped at the time you pay costs, but doesn't necessarily need to be tapped before you start casting the spell
Factor in his huge mana cost of ten, putting him out of reach for decks not packing mana ramp, and this card is, at its Core, fairly weak
This is Commander, and we dont always have to be optimal
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Not only can it get forces through on the first cast (Something youll want to be doing a lot of, connecting with encoded creatures) but it can be used to blink friendly creatures to enjoy enter the battlefield effects, kill tokens, remove negative enchantments on your own creatures and beneficial ones on the opponent's line, and untapping friendly creatures to have them around to block