youll still be responsible for paying additional costs, like the commander tax
For example, Sidisi, Brood Tyrant and Narset, Enlightened Master are incredibly popular Commanders, the sets tri-lands are staples, and Hardened Scales is one of the best +1/+1 counter payoffs in the game
New style of alt-art cards from OP-03
If you can manipulate the top of your library to make sure that the right creatures are there, you can guarantee the lines of play in your deck will work smoothly
but otherwise if I have a lower cmc curve as well as a lower mana count it should probably just be a cantrip like Opt
Synergy For decks that score well in the previous three, my personal tie breaker is how much they may have brought older cards to the format, reprinted key cards from older sets and such