Hopefully, the seal and design will be corrected to improve on the faults of the first
Its a pulse-pounding world full of Werewolves and Vampires, Angels and Demons, Humans and the Zombies that unfortunately result
You can certainly run this Balrog as your commander and do Dargo tricks, but I think it works just fine as a card in your 99 and played fairly, especially if you have ways to bring creatures back from the graveyard
The much more common way that bigger-drops are "punished" nowadays is more in the vein of being run over while it rots in your hand or under your bed, as discussed earlier
Reckless Stormseeker, the new Werewolf from Midnight Hunt , is also a great option, and one thats tutor-able with Imperial Recruiter