You can be at 10 life, pay like 3 or 4 life to get a benefit, and at your next end step, your life returns to 10 (or 20, in EDH)
Beyond the missing symbol, these No Rarity cards are identified by early textual errors, specifically regarding Charizards height and weight, which were corrected in the Standard print run that followed in March 1997
Furthermore, Jeweled Lotus was designed specifically for the Commander format, making it an expensive card that is now unusable in official games outside of the most niche of Vintage decks.
The Ur-Dragon One of the best MTG dragon commanders, The Ur-Dragon does work for you just by being in your command zone
That means you can afford to splash out a little bit more in black for cards that provide options and won't ever be dead weight in hand (obviously once you can cast it, everything with a cost can be dead when you can't pay it...)