This puts it head and shoulders above other classics like Sakura-Tribe Elder, especially if you can flicker or otherwise reuse Wood Elves in a deck with multiple colors
Whenever you roll Chaos, destroy all Saprolings
Weve already seen the impact of the latter principle on eternal formats, with Legacy decks of all stripes working in more creature cards to contest the Initiative mechanic
Thanks to Pioneer, cards like Breeding Pool are depressingly over $20 these days when you could've snagged those shocklands a year ago for around the $10 range
Renown has three areas you can play around with in design
You can sneak this commander in (with your opponent, unfortunately, knowing its coming), and give all of your attacking creatures double strike