Odric decks often appear underwhelming on the surface, but quickly become visible threats once players realize that your entire board is now toting double strike, flying, and lifelink
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I get that it might be a bit gimmicky and it doesn't do a lot without those cards but I used to have a casual modern that used that combo to limited success and it is pretty neat and fun when you have both pieces going
Black wants power and agency so that it can act upon its preferences at any time, doing whatever it wants, whenever it wants, and reshaping the world around it as it sees fit

Decklist: Tovolar Transform in Commander Tovolar, Dire Overlord | Illustration by Chris Rahn Commander (1) Planeswalker (2) Arlinn Kord Arlinn, the Pack's Hope Creature (33) Afflicted Deserter Avabruck Caretaker Breakneck Rider Cemetery Prowler Child of the Pack Cult of the Waxing Moon Daybreak Ranger Duskwatch Recruiter Geier Reach Bandit Hermit of the Natterknolls Hollowhenge Overlord Hound Tamer Howlpack Piper Huntmaster of the Fells Ill-Tempered Loner Immerwolf Instigator Gang Kessig Naturalist Kruin Outlaw Mayor of Avabruck Mondronen Shaman Nightpack Ambusher Outland Liberator Reckless Stormseeker Sage of Ancient Lore Scorned Villager Silverfur Partisan Tovolar's Huntmaster Ulrich of the Krallenhorde Village Watch Volatile Arsonist Weaver of Blossoms Werewolf Pack Leader Instant (8) Bala Ged Recovery Blasphemous Act Cultivate Kodama's Reach Rampant Growth Relentless Assault Three Visits Unnatural Moonrise Sorcery (7) Beast Within Chaos Warp Heroic Intervention Moonlight Hunt Moonmist Return of the Wildspeaker Waxing Moon Enchantment (8) Beastmaster Ascension Berserkers' Onslaught Full Moon's Rise Howling Moon Howlpack Resurgence Rhythm of the Wild Shadow in the Warp Unnatural Growth Artifact (7) Arcane Signet Gruul Signet Herald's Horn Lightning Greaves Sol Ring Swiftfoot Boots The Celestus Land (34) Cinder Glade Command Tower Cragcrown Pathway Game Trail Kessig Wolf Run Path of Ancestry Reliquary Tower Rockfall Vale Rootbound Crag Secluded Courtyard Stomping Ground Temple of Abandon Thornspire Verge Wooded Ridgeline Mountain x5 Forest x15 If you want to build a deck based around transform then theres really one best direction that you can go, and thats werewolves

The takeaway is that these cards are both very good and very reasonable for three mana