Its used to represent creatures whose blows are enhanced either by magic techniques or complex martial arts, rather than raw strength
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On the other hand, its entirely reliant on combat damage to win, which goes against the spirit of most artifact-themed Commander decks to go off with wacky combos
Let's take that in stages: Persist is a great recommendation and there's tons of options for that: Return to Action which is comically off-target, Supernatural Stamina, Undying Malice, Not Dead After All, Postmortem Lunge, the list literally goes on
They were designed as introductory products for beginners to learn Magic, so we had no plans for them to be tournament legal