You can run her as a commander at the head of a Lifegain deck, but even if she's always a 3cmc 4/4 first strike lifelink commander that can grow steadily, I'm still not super thrilled when we have Karlov of the Ghost Council who fulfills a similar role but so much better
That makes Balthor more affordable than Rise of the Dark Realms both in- and out-of-game, and only one of those can be cast from the command zone
There are a few legendary ooze creatures that can be your commander
Force of Vigor is one of the many cards free spells which have been printed in the last years, and will remain a staple in sideboards for as long as Affinity, Amulet Titan and Hammer Time remain competitive in the format
The ones that were the most powerful back in the day, and so happen to be some of the rarest
Ravensburger just needs to be careful in threading the needle, as its also off-putting