You can also lean into long-established themes within Magic s colors, with blue focusing on flying creatures, white assembling legions of Soldiers, red attacking aggressively and dealing extra damage, greens connection to nature, and blacks focus on gaining power at any cost
Tasks like these will likely force you to alter your strategy if you want to complete them, creating an inherent risk/reward
As for commander options, Thalia and The Gitrog Monster is a more solid option overall, doing exactly what youd expect from this card but better
These cards don't care what the counter represent and just turn them into benefits
I personally wouldn't play them, as I feel the added consistency for our Cemeteries and Pit Keepers is more important, but in the end it's up to you