The starting life clause is the whole point: This black board wipe gets turned on very easily in Commander once somebodys been smacked around, although it may be too slow to be useful as a speed bump against aggro decks in the early game
Path To Exile was an obvious inclusion, as it stands to reason that poor little wanderer has been the victim of the iconic spell at least once
It's a better finisher, but it cannot be used to kill a dork like your Blaze variant, but still, this is clearly going to be a better class of card
The set is solid and a case can be bought for about $25 less than what the market price is
Maze of Ith can disrupt attackers, Vesuva clones lands, Field of the Dead spawns Zombies
Really you need cards with convoke to be playable at base cost, both in terms of value and physically