It gets you loads of life gain, and makes one of your legendary creatures indestructible until your next turn
Arcades, the Strategist Arcades, the Strategist is still in the Top 20 most popular commanders according to EDHREC, which is a testament to the fact that some people really like big butts, and they cannot lie

Aboroth Aeromoeba Aethersnipe Ageless Entity Air Elemental Air Servant Air-Cult Elemental Akoum Hellhound Amplifire Ancient Greenwarden Animar, Soul of Elements Aquamoeba Aquatic Alchemist Arboretum Elemental Arc Runner Ashaya, Soul of the Wild Ashen Firebeast Ashen Reaper Ashenmoor Cohort Ashenmoor Gouger Ashenmoor Liege Ashling the Pilgrim Ashling's Command Ashling, Flame Dancer Ashling, Rekindled Ashling, Rimebound Ashling, the Extinguisher Ashling, the Limitless Ashmouth Hound Avatar of Growth Avenger of Zendikar Averna, the Chaos Bloom Awakened Skyclave Baleful Force Ball Lightning Bane of Progress Barishi Barkweave Crusher Belion, the Parched Belligerent Hatchling Belonging Benthicore Beza, the Bounding Spring Blanchwood Prowler Blazing Bomb Blazing Effigy Blazing Hellhound Blistering Firecat Blizzard Elemental Bloodbriar Bloodpyre Elemental Bloodwater Entity Bloom Hulk Bog Elemental Bogardan Firefiend Bogardan Rager Bolt Hound Boreal Elemental Botanical Brawler Brackwater Elemental Bramble Creeper Bramble Elemental Bramble Familiar Bramblesnap Brambleweft Behemoth Briarhorn Brighthearth Banneret Brine Elemental Brokkos, Apex of Forever Brokkos, Apex of Forever Brushfire Elemental Carnivorous Moss-Beast

One option Wizards may consider if things really get bad is some sort of trade-in program
Oh MTG Arena decklists differ slightly from the printed decklists, I actually have four preview cards for you to top everything all off