Once the flip permanent in the in-play zone has been flipped, the normal name, text box, type line, power, and toughness of the flip permanent don't apply and the alternative versions of those characteristics apply instead
1 Treasure Cruise The closest thing to Ancestral Recall most players will be able to play in Commander, Treasure Cruise basically reads pay one blue mana and draw three cards
The European English, European French, German and Italian sets contain less cards than the other prints, each including 46 instead of 50 cards
It doesn't matter what style of deck you or your opponent plays (aggro, control, combo, or some combination), you need to have disruption in your deck
Theoretically, a 2/2 body should not be good in a format chock-full of 2/3 creatures, but Grim Flayer is easily the best creature and probably the best card in the deck
Considering your Commander can be one of those threats and is inherently resilient due to the rebuy factor, that is significantly easier than the actual spread of threats good against Counterspell implies