Animar, Soul Of Elements An Original That Holds Up Animar was one of the original showstopper commanders, released as part of the first wave of Commander precons in 2011
Thoughtcast Since Masters Of Evil has so many artifacts, cards with affinity are an easy thing to include as upgrades for it
Its flexible, scalable, and easy to update later
It was already somewhat well positioned in the meta, particularly against Ruby/Sapphire, and now, with Sapphire/Steel getting hit the hardest with bannings, its far better positioned
The devs are also quick to add new sets and are very responsive. Vern Lincoln, Android User I have seen some amazing improvements over the past year or so, and I have inventoried almost my entire collection (over 5,000 cards)
Because it comes down early, you can usually swing in and poison someone before they get blockers