It was way more of a wild west out there before pre-game chats found momentum in the past 5 years, and Brackets were but a twinkle on the horizon
The card version has really nailed this, rewarding me for playing a giant pile of cool legendary cards, and enabling me to play even more of them as I level up
When I first saw this card I thought it was worse, and that there would be no reason to ever run it over Pia and Kiran as your commander
You can get more value from Etalis attack trigger with cards that give you additional combat steps like Combat Celebrant and Hellkite Charger
However, easily the best aspect of this card is its Calculating and Vain ability, which allows the player to look at the top three cards in their deck and put them back in any order whenever The Queen, Mirror Seeker quests
The high cost isnt ideal, but it can work in a pinch if you dont have other token generators on hand