We're only starting at $114 after all
United Front United Front and United Battlefront both printed in the same year is a minor annoyance Ill get over
The effect is so simple but so effective that the card has had an on-again, off-again relationship with the ban list
Unlike past years, where much of the value of the decks was tied to reprints, Commander 2018 is all about the new cards, which pushes the Esper deck to the top of the list by a decent margin, thanks mostly to Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow being the most expensive card in the set but also some other solid-value cards, including Sower of Discord, Geode Golem, and Varina, Lich Queen
You won't put +1/+1 counters on General Leo Cristophe
If we assume that both mana flood and mana screw are things that we'd like to avoid in order to have a fun game of Commander (and maybe even a chance at winning the game), then adding more MDFCs to your deck during deck building is the perfect solution to the problem