you get haste in exchange for a shorter window to use the impulse-drawn card
This means that, simply by itself, Rafiq can swing in for eight damage for only four mana, growing even larger when paired with equipment and other creatures with exalted, making the goal of defeating players with Commander Damage quite attainable
Having to pay life and mana for the extra card is a little rough but you don't have to add anything after the mill, making it a recurrable mill engine for reanimator decks, descent decks, self mill etc
More importantly, Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls ability makes it so that anytime an opponent loses life for any reason, it gains a +1/+1 counter, and you get to draw a card
[card]Scapeshift[/card] This may look like a weird card, but it lets us [card]Armageddon[/card] ourselves to make a bunch of elementals and search up our most powerful lands to close out the game
For example, a Zulaport Cutthroat with The Masamune is going to be draining each opponent for 2 life instead of 1 when it triggers