Second, it gives you some card selection after youve ramped
9 Zhulodok, Void Gorger An Eldritch Terror An absolutely ridiculous commander, Zhulodok, Void Gorger takes all your colorless spells that you cast with seven or more mana and lets you cascade twice from them
5 Toski, Bearer Of Secrets The Odd Squirrel Out Most other Squirrel commanders in Magic are designed around kindred-based mechanics
Beyond damage, you can get a few other decent payoffs
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.) Legendary Creature - Human Monk The Jolly Balloon Man Haste , : Create a token that's a copy of another target creature you control, except it's a 1/1 red Balloon creature in addition to its other colors and types and it has flying and haste
It offers a practical solution for securing a diverse range of your valued pieces