mtg reserve list cards Edit: No one cared and WOTC wasn't sued when a $1 Reserved card got a strickly better version and was a violation of the SPIRIT of Reserved List. From a long I Hate The Reserved List

There are still things that can be done to you, but it requires your opponents to bend over backwards to get to you

Basically, youll always be able to play your commander assuming you have the mana available, so having a great one will make a tremendous difference in every game you play

by casting her alone you'll have three humans by the end of the turn

That permanent gains haste, "When this permanent leaves the battlefield, it deals damage equal to its mana value to each creature," and "At the beginning of your end step, sacrifice this permanent." If a permanent has in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value