Going by a Nintendo of Japan flyer from that time, it seems that the games were originally meant to be released on December 21, 1995, but were actually revealed to the public on February 27, 1996
Flying creatures cannot be blocked except by other creatures with flying or reach, so your airborne army can assault your opponent virtually unchecked
Although he appeared on the list, I was too low on Grim Flayer and realized it immediately in testing as my Week 1 deck of G/B Delirium was built around him
The perk is the exile and the downside is that it doesn't hit cheap things
Its literally a hundred times more expensive in foil than in nonfoil, because parents are suckers in all sorts of ways.
Two of the previous Commander decks had been built around them