Heading into the release of Commander Masters, many of the top-priced cards from the Double Masters 2022 set were still retaining their value
This starts a trend that affects basically all of the Tarkir: Dragonstorm new abilities: they were printed only on a handful of cards, which makes them artificially niche and obscure
You can see how its affected other great TCGs as well, with many of them operating on a similar structure
Ashling might look underwhelming at first glance, but it hits every note you could want from a mono-red spellslinger commander while working alongside reds natural methods of card advantage and spellslinger payoffs
With that, it's time to take a Leap of Faith (Wizards really missed this one) and dive into the list
The comparison that comes to mind is Helm of the Ghastlord spike thanks to Y'shtola, Night Blessed