It can maybe be a sideboard card for red decks against slow decks
The following numbers are based on number of decks created with these cards as their commanders on Deckstats in 2025, rather than the total amount of decks using them
Synthoids Aang and La, Ocean's Fury Aang's Iceberg Aang's Journey Aang, Destined Savior Aang, Master of Elements Aang, Swift Savior Aang, at the Crossroads Aang, the Last Airbender Aatchik, Emerald Radian Abandon Attachments Abandoned Air Temple Abandoned Campground Aberrant Manawurm Abhorrent Oculus Abigale, Eloquent First-Year Abigale, Poet Laureate Abomination, Terrifying Titan Abrade Abraded Bluffs Absolute Virtue Absolving Lammasu Absorbing Man Abstract Paintmage Abuelo, Ancestral Echo Abyssal Gorestalker Abyssal Harvester Abzan Devotee Abzan Monument Accumulate Wisdom Aclazotz, Deepest Betrayal Acolyte of Aclazotz Acrobatic Cheerleader Acrobatic Leap Action News Crew Adagia, Windswept Bastion Adamant Will Adaptive Automaton Adaptive Gemguard Additive Evolution Adelbert Steiner Ademi of the Silkchutes Adept Watershaper Adorned Crocodile Adrenaline Jockey Adventurer's Airship Adventurer's Inn Adventuring Gear Adventurous Eater Aegis Sculptor Aegis Turtle Aerial Doombot Aerith Gainsborough Aerith Rescue Mission Aether Syphon Aetherize Aetherjacket Aettir and Priwen Affectionate Indrik Afterburner Expert Aftermath Analyst Agate Assault Agate-Blade Assassin Agatha of the Vile Cauldron Agatha's Champion
Once you have all the rares from a set, additional packs from that set will substitute normal rares with 20 gems (or 40 for a mythic)
Its +2 loyalty ability lets you open a sealed Kamigawa booster pack and pick the top four cards to split equally between your hand and graveyard
However, while Lightning Greaves has the advantage of no equip cost, it grants shroud, which stops you from targeting the equipped creature - which can be annoying in Commander decks built around buff spells or just running a lot of equipment cards
