Vadrok, Apex of Thunder lets you get spells back that youve cycled away, but requires you to include creatures with mutate in order to do it more than once

Each Collector Booster will have the following contents: Collector Booster Info 4 Foil commons, common dual lands, or basic lands 2 Foil uncommons 1 Foil showcase basic land 1 Extended-art rare or mythic rare (45 rares, 8 mythic rares) 2 Foil rares or mythic rares, or foil extended-art rares or mythic rares 2 Showcase commons or uncommons, or a borderless card being previewed by Martin Juza on June 8 (5 commons, 6 uncommons) 1 Showcase or borderless rare or mythic rare (8 rares, 17 mythic rares including 5 versions of mythic rare Teferi) 1 Foil showcase common or uncommon, or a borderless card being previewed by Martin Juza on June 8 (5 commons, 6 uncommons) 1 Foil showcase or borderless card, any rarity (5 commons, 6 uncommons, 8 rares, 17 mythic rares including 5 versions of mythic rare Teferi) 1 Foil token In a pack of a Core Set 2021 Collector Booster, you are always getting a minimum of four rares or mythic rares, and about 45% of the time, you will get five

Theres a 1-in-100 chance of hitting a Lotus Vale, the next highest-value card, followed by some other reasonably valuable cards, all the way down to the duds. A Lotus Bloom or Gilded Lotus isnt worth the $7 outright, but at least theyre somewhat playable and you have a shot at much more expensive cards
Even if you have just two mana to cast this, having a body on board will let you counterspell anything played on curve thats pretty good for a downside
Valduk, Keeper of the Flame | Illustration by Victor Adame Minguez Theres lots to consider when you evaluate if a commander is good to recommend to a newer player