There's no greater feeling of helplessness in Magic than being without any cards in hand, and being able to make your opponent discard a full hand for just eight mana is very powerful
This card was a forgotten relic, destined to sit in dusty boxes
Taking more creatures with static rules effects, rather than focusing on EtBs, is a way for your deck to rely on building an engine more than just accruing value off of playing whatever you draw into
Gryff's Boon Rarity: Uncommon TYPE: Enchantment SUBTYPE: Aura CMC: 1 Mana cost: USD: $0.28 EUR: 0.16 TIX: 0.04 EDHREC RANK: 7536 Enchant creature Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 and has flying
Plus, if your Commander dies, it hops back outside of the game, where you can just buy it again although at an extra 2 mana for every time its had to vamoose in this way
As such, you can attack with a haste creature the turn it enters the battlefield, or you can activate its tap abilities if it has any