Ikoria has introduced not only cards with unusually cheap cycling costs, but also some interesting payoffs for cycling that can have consequences above and beyond card advantage
There is little drawback to having this commander on the battlefield, because even if the game comes down to you and one opponent, Faramir helps you when you're playing defense by drawing extra cards, and if you're on the offensive, the three fresh tokens will be able to attack quickly since they basically were flashed in at your opponent's end step
A 2-mana creature that stacks your deck is a uniquely powerful effect with a number of applications
At best, you're getting an Ancestral Recall on a 6/6 with first strike
For example, if you've spent three mana on spells so far this turn and you control a permanent with an ability that triggers "whenever you expend 4," that ability will trigger the next time you spend at least one mana to cast a spell this turn