Modal cards are especially good in cube and Abrade is one of the best modal card out there
You don't form a band while blocking (you can already block with multiple creatures), but as long as you block with at least one creature with banding, you choose how damage is assigned
That means we can expect Food to be one of the main mechanics of the "Throne of Eldraine" set
I think this card will see a fair amount of play in more than a few decks
Blacephalon ( Extradimensional Crisis ) deserves special mention in this department - its Beat Punk attack deals a whopping 130 damage for 1 Fire and 2 Colorless, which is pretty huge for a Basic non-ex Pokmon, but also deals 70 damage to Blacephalon itself
Balzer Infect commanders, for our purposes, are legendary creatures that work well with Magics infect mechanic, either distributing poison counters themselves or benefiting from poison