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Lifelink obviously helps make up for this a bit

The morbid ability of Grim Reaper's Sprint is what can make it a useful red enchantment in an Eternal format deck

When Skyfisher Spider dies, you may gain 1 life for each creature card in your graveyard

While Grapeshot exists and is a reasonable card, without the cantrip and ritual density that you have in Constructed, its hard to generate enough storm to outright kill your opponent with Grapeshot

Future sets could print more towns, making this a more viable option, but as of now, this commander's second and third abilities aren't as relevant to most builds

Gray Merchant of Asphodel is a five mana Black 2/4