I have played (on the draw obviously) Blackmail and had it be better than a Coercion (they had a land I could take!)
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Separating cards into two piles and picking one is always a fun Commander mechanic, thanks to cards like Boneyard Parley and Fact or Fiction
Its synergy with Whirlipede, which can inflict Poison with its Poison Sting attack, makes it even more effective in decks built around the Poison status effect
Its attack also allows your opponent to take a card from their discard pile and put it into their hand, which allows your opponent to negate the damage of your Sharpen Claws and Claw Snag s
The same character might have two different cards with different names, like Kiora, the Rising Tide and Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep