Many vintage cards remain inexpensive because they were printed in large numbers or have limited collector demand
Most creatures in the cube can kill him in combat and so any deck that has a high creature count will quickly get you to a position where you are just sitting there with Geist doing very little at all
So even if, power-wise, it might not end up as strong as this first place would suggest, Gardevoir ex is in first place in my heart, and thats what matters in the end
The date range above is very compelling for two reasons
It's a part of the Reserved List, so the Arabian Nights printing is the only one you'll be able to get
Of TLA's 118 commanders, a meager six are reprints, found exclusively in the bonus sheet, leaving us with 112 new cards