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If The Balrog gets taken out, the player can just cast it again for a low cost thanks to treasure tokens and group sacrifice, even with the Commander tax included.

This allowed the card to be more aggressive, as it gave you a way to meld with Mishra even if it died

Another one of my favorite examples, that is probably underappreciated outside of the Alpha context because its power is more subtle, are the Psychic Venom decks

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(It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.) Equipped creature gets +1/+2