they were the cards you forked out for because of optimization, not because it felt incredible to own them on their own
Being able to forceably swap out your opponent's active Pokemon means you can pull someone back into the proverbial ring who's low on health and blast them to smithereens, or protect yourself from a terribly mighty upcoming strike, and so forth
Mistbind Clique isnt a card you tend to see in EDH, but its a fine on-theme way to protect your commander and it also serves as a source of blink for some of the powerful ETB cards in this deck, like Malleable Imposter Faerie Dreamthief Suggested Cut : Consider Instead of a non-synergistic cantrip like Consider, consider Faerie Dreamthief, arguably the best 1-drop fae there is
What unites these cards is their 1-mana cost
TCGIndex doesn't give financial advice, but here's the data worth knowing: it sits around $0.81, up +0.0% over the last 30 days, with medium volatility
Pallimud's power is equal to the number of tapped lands the chosen player controls