Yes, a lot of the best ones are Red, but they're not just Red
Consider The Card's Rarity The rarity of a Magic card can have a significant impact on its value
Its effective as a defense against wide decks, which is important in Commander
Playing with cards I'd gotten like Sliver Queen, Survival of the Fittest, and Mox Diamond - all unsleeved, I might add, as sleeves were far from the norm at the time
For instance, despite all five Titans being legal, Elesh Norn was a dominant Standard card on multiple occasions, most memorably in its role of what you can Birthing Pod a Titan or Wurmcoil Engine into. Creatures (28) 1 Llanowar Elves 1 Solemn Simulacrum 4 Birds of Paradise 1 Acidic Slime 1 Inferno Titan 1 Wurmcoil Engine 1 Viridian Emissary 1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite 4 Blade Splicer 1 Fiend Hunter 3 Avacyn's Pilgrim 1 Geist-Honored Monk 4 Strangleroot Geist 4 Huntmaster of the Fells Lands (24) Spells (8) In a format full of haymakers, Elesh Norn was one for the ages, particularly alongside lots of small, dorky creatures like Llanowar Elves and Germ tokens
The deck doesn't really work the same with Padeem at the helm, as it was specifically built around the card draw ability of Shimmer Dragon
