I think the downside is that it might not have a lot of playability outside of Commander
I used to cheat death every day in practice
Much of the detail is carried over to the card design, including its gold-coloured tsuba, or guard, and curving angle, which varies across depictions but is never entirely straight (as seen on the left)
Not terribly strong as you bat commander but excellent in your 99, you really only need to empty one opponent's hand (find the aggressive player) and you'll be ready to return the Temple of the Dead flip land to the card drawing, token generating, life draining bat, and rule the table
7 Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist You Decide How Combat Is Going Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist makes it so that each opponent can only block with one creature when she attacks or only attack you with one creature when she's tapped, making it difficult for your opponent to prevent and deal damage