For a more detailed breakdown on my experience, theres an article, too
And while many were clamoring for the ban of Gran-Gran or to hit the Izzet Lessons deck in some way, it seems that the meta simply evolved to make that deck less dominant (Elementals and Reanimator are both strong against it)
Some card designs are open-ended and could have been anything in FINAL FANTASY, while other cards are top-down and designed to be exactly one character, moment, land, or object
Card Advantage Mono-White decks simply do not get good sources of card advantage, so we had to go pretty deep to figure out a way to draw cards
Although Commander Masters gave a little love to colorless commanders and we can have legendary vehicles as commanders, none of these are very exciting, or they have poor support in only colorless
Key factors that determine value beyond rarity include: The Reserved List: A promise from WotC not to reprint certain old cards, creating a finite supply