Its just that this suggests the card was once a 5/5, got tested, and was found to be broken, hence the goofy nerf
(You may cast it from your graveyard for its escape cost this turn.) P/T Number 101 Language English Legal Formats Commander, Legacy, Vintage Not Legal Formats Alchemy, Brawl, Competitive Brawl, Historic, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard, Timeless Rulings (3/8/2024) If a spell you're casting with escape has an additional cost of discarding cards or sacrificing permanents, you may exile cards discarded or sacrificed this way to pay that part of its escape cost
And of course, having a commander with a draw effect makes Goblin Recruiter-Conspicuous Snoop lines much, much faster
Multiple-play tactics can be considered kind of a sleazy way to get around the restrictions on certain cards