The higher your deck's average cmc and the more turns required to win the game, the more lands you'll want to run
A mechanically sound commander is nice, but so is a thematically entertaining one, and he seems to check both boxes fairly well
Paired with the playful, distinctive style of Wizard of Barge, which depicts the Goblins of Magic as silly, loveable little gobbos, this 100-card Commander Deck is unlike any other
Final Showdown is a one-mana white instant card with Spree, which means you can take on as many of the additional costs as you like for more effects
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery with a single target, you can copy it and grant those spells Wither
I think a powerful argument could be made that it was not necessarily the cheap and powerful cards that made Madness the dominant Standard deck of its era, but this cheap counter that prevented you from doing anything about it