Definitely a very strong card in and out of the command zone for Aristocrats strategies, or any other deck that can consistently whittle away at multiple life totals each turn
Lets rewind the clock to focus on game design
So, in a three-color deck built around red, white, and blue, aka the Jeskai colors, an Arid Mesa can fetch up a Raugrin Triome, which is a nonbasic land with the mountain, island, and plains types, and subsequently taps for all three corresponding colors
Should they manage to sneak in for damage, youll end up with even more Tokens each turn
Patience is key
In fact, if you add everything together, you'll find that the average Commander 2018 deck has $16 in reprintsless than half of last year, when the average Commander 2017 deck had more than $33 in reprint value