Its not often that a card destined to be mainly played leading a deck keeps its price, and unless this sees play elsewhere itll likely drop in price, no matter how much hype there is
A first strike 3/3 body blocks like a champ, too
Instead of getting removed, you can place 3 cards from your trash at the bottom of the deck, keeping your Character in play to use offensively later on
Most Commander decks go rather late, so Valakut Exploration is a great option most of the time
if you get 2-9, you create five Treasure tokens that you can sacrifice for one mana each
Generally speaking, I want to take five-drops and six-drops highly because they tend to be relatively sparse and hard to come by