It is begging to be used with Walking Ballista and some other combo piece, which makes me more lenient to play it in some kind of Abzan reanimator combo deck rather than as my actual commander
The pendulum does swing both ways, of course, and Disfigure can be used as a combat trick, but the point is that Cut Down is a serious consideration as an efficient answer to some pretty powerful creatures
No, fighting isn't the same as attacking
Paying life doesn't count as taking damage , noncombat or otherwise, so it won't be affected by cards like Furnace of Rath
And frankly, Commander tends to run a ton of artifacts, so this is going to be an annoying card to get rid of, even worse if you can copy it
Meanwhile, the upcoming Commander pre-con decks are based on the world of Kaldheim -- and these legends are worthy of Asgard itself