On top of being a very curve-friendly card, because you can play it on nearly any turn in the game with ease, it also has flying and haste
Just to demonstrate this point, Everybody Lives
Similarly, commanders like Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow can deal higher damage with a higher concentration of split cards
The partner with mechanic is seen by some as a dumbed-down version of the original partner mechanic, but I dont think thats true
The deck revolves around casting an army of spider creatures and then using Shelob's ability to give your entire army deathtouch, ward 2 and most importantly effectively resuscitate your opponents' creatures as tokens
Her penchant for Leading from the Front allows you to drain opponents for life equal to the number of attacking creatures