Spending 2 mana to kill Rhystic Study or The One Ring or 4 to handle more present threats makes Tear Asunder relevant at virtually every point of the game
It continues to give you value for a couple more turns making it even better
See rule 702.138, Escape. 702.138a: Escape represents a static ability that functions while the card with escape is in a players graveyard
Theyre also clearly meant as collector items, not tournament game pieces
Three more commanders join the ranks, Bello, Bard of the Brambles, Wolverine, Best There Is, and Slinza, the Spiked Stampede, each one exceptionally strong options to lead your deck
In exchange, you make a token copy of it, giving that token haste for the turn, but in exchange, you have to exile it at the beginning of the next end step