The fact that it dodges commander tax also helps its case
Celestine, the Living Saint To get the most out of Celestine, the Living Saint, you need more lifegain than its innate lifelink provides
This is a mono red dragon who deals 10 total damage each time it attacks across three targets, which is some of the most insane removal on a single creature I've ever seen
Then, once you have chosen a legal Commander, its color identity determines which cards you can include in the rest of the deck
Tap and goad seems to be an elegant shorthand for and they cant block etc. Giving the opponent the choice is never good, but I could see this accruing value as it comes back from Suspend in a Gandalf deck
Like Handcuffs , where you literally force your enemy to pretend their hands are being cuffed (their hands are in contact with each other all the time) and if they fail to do this, like, say, when they're drawing a card, some calamity befalls them