@Psycho, I think it is 8 AN damage, based on the debug output, not instant death. You see that it did 15 damage to an earth elemental and 12 to an archer; this is common in my experience but occasionally a unit will take no damage at all. DRNs have a high variance I guess.
@Tifone, I meant a second standard on a second commander.
-Max
Edit: oops, Ninja'ed by vfb.