Noctis, Prince of Lucis, is a great Esper Graveyard Artifact enabler that will surely see commander play
Barad-dur and other legendary lands - People love legendary lands, especially when theres very little drawback to playing them
Geralf, the Fleshwright creates a Zombie token when you cast any spell that's not your first spell that turn, Open the Graves creates a Zombie token when a nontoken creatures you control dies, and Cryptbreaker makes a Zombie token by discarding a card and tapping itself
When its removed, it replaces itself with a token that is almost as good, meaning its a lot of value for its mana cost
7 Afterlife Insurance Still In Debt, Even In Death "Draw a card" on a cheap spell is enough of an insurance plan (pun intended) to make just about anything playable, since it can replace itself when the effect isn't useful
Yeah, theyre vanilla, but its not like Silklash Spider has any synergy with Doran, and that card still sees play