Since the release of LTR , Palantir of Orthanc rose in value dramatically before settling in as the third most expensive MTG card from the set
Conclave Sledge-Captain BPhillipYork: 3 instances of backup 1 means you can have 1 creature get a lot of +1/+1 counters on it, if you used all 3 on Shalai and Hallar it would deal 1 damage to an opponent 3 times, then when you swung through it would then deal an additional 6 + 6 + 6 damage (sadly all the instances would go on the stack at once) though if you had double strike you'd get 6 + 6 + 6 and then they'd be 21/21 and another 3*21 damage, meaning you could do 27 combat damage to one player, 3 instances of 21 damage, and 3 of 6 damage, which is 18+21 = 39 and 42 and the person you attacked is dying to Commander damage
One Strength and Three Willpower isn't much, and neither is the ability to quest for one lore
Even when it does die, however, the embalm ability is quite strong
Thats two Bolts, at least