A player who consistently makes favorable trades will almost always win the game
Destroying an artifact is relevant to Commander as Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, and Swiftfoot Boots appear in practically every deck
There are ways around that, using cards like Squee, Goblin Nabob to discard meaningless cards or using other tricks like Stroke of Genius to draw extra cards that you can use to pay, but most people who played the Masticore played it fairly
Not only is having all of your crucial spells countered rather frustrating, but some of the most frustrating Game Changers, like Thassas Oracle and Rhystic Study, exist in the color
Be kind to each other as competitors, but crush your enemys decks without mercy
The highest price ever paid for a Gold Star Pokmon card is $180,000, and this happened twice for nearly identical copies