Commander players are notorious for not including enough board wipes in their decks, so getting one attached to a big flashy creature helps address that problem
Damage and card draw are always useful things
Alternatively, you could play Sheriff of Nottingham, Corrupt Official with Simba, Fighting Prince - whose ability, Step Down or Fight, gives players the option to draw two cards and discard two cards whenever they banish another character in a challenge, or The Queen, Disguised Peddler, which allows you to tap it to discard a character to gain lore equal to the amount of lore that character can gain
Instant speed removal wont trigger this benefit on your turn, sadly
This deck can very quickly take over a game and do lethal poison damage to all opponents
This is also true if something puts the top card of your library directly onto the battlefield, without you having to play it