Understanding what each color does helps you predict what opponents might play and guides your own deckbuilding decisions
Such a weird card makes it unique in Magic and helps push its price even higher
It also means that whatever opponents spend to remove it sets them back on mana, widening the gap even more
It leans harder into the ping theme, and it makes use of some established Pauper artifact powerhouses
Go ahead and run a few ways to nuke graveyards, like Soul-Guide LanternSoul-Guide Lantern and Rest in PeaceRest in Peace, to help you out against graveyard decks in case you have to deploy your commander before your big, life-gaining, game-winning turn
Cursed Recording is a bit less realistic, since youd need to have copied six instants or sorceries without winning the game somehow