Because those characters have their own stories and motivations, who you choose to travel with often says a lot about how you like to play the game
What makes this card absurd in Commander is that once it hits the field, sacrificing even a few creatures turns into a full combo setup
Lamentation Lamentation could be a good alternative to Noxious Gearhulk for decks that don't care about artifacts
If that creature dies this way, its controller creates two tokens that are copies of that creature, except their power is half that creature's power and their toughness is half that creature's toughness
Comparable cards like Dread Cacodemon are somewhat restrictive in terms of mana value
To which MrWienerDawg (we've got some terribly fitting usernames here, huh?) replied, "Nothing mild about this one." There are some other beautiful exchanges in the comments too