Yeah, when you have a jackrabbit start against a creatureless deck and you can use this to get your guys back, its pretty good, but against a good chunk of the format, it either does nothing (no enters the battlefield ability) or helps your opponent out as well by giving them back a ton of good utility creatures
Here we have a spell called Even the Score, which is an instant spell that costs X and three Blue mana to draw X cards
This deck pumps out massive hydras loaded with +1/+1 counters thanks to support like Loading Zone and uses them to fight your opponent's puny cardboard
As a result, the nightmare scenario in a game of Commander generally isnt one where you end up hitting a bad matchup, but instead one where three of the four players are playing a similar power level deck, and the fourth is playing something out of line with the rest of the table

If you're thinking of trying out this format, there are quite a few banned cards: Balustrade Spy Bloodstained Mire Expressive Iteration Felidar Guardian Field of the Dead Flooded Strand Geological Appraiser Inverter of Truth Karn, the Great Creator Kethis, the Hidden Hand Leyline of Abundance Lurrus of the Dream-Den Nexus of Fate Oko, Thief of Crowns Once Upon a Time Polluted Delta Teferi, Time Raveler Undercity Informer Underworld Breach Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath Veil of Summer Walking Ballista Wilderness Reclamation Windswept Heath Winota, Joiner of Forces Wooded Foothills MTG Historic banlist Historic is a digital format for MTG Arena, and is the app's largest constructed format, consisting of both old and new cards