The exchange of life for cards has been a stalwart since Legends and its a pretty good way to make these cards feel different from their blue (and sometimes green) counterparts
Plus, it takes a bunch of turns of sitting through the "please just kill me" purgatory before your opponent actually wins the game with Jace, the Mind Sculptor
And, like Pip-Boy 3000, it's already a card that equipment commanders are very fond of: one of its previous spikes was related to Captain America, First Avenger, and is a regular feature in Nahiri, Forged in Fury decks
The base is around $100
The result is a card that's so powerful its even seen some play in older formats
So, we've got creatures and hands covered, but what if your opponent is giving you a hard time with a non-creature permanent that's already on the battlefield