Making things better, Traveling Chocobo also works as a Future Sight variant for Birds, which should provide a lot of extra value
Not only does this Robin Hood quest for two lore, and offer a wonderful six in defense, but when he banishes another character he gets another two lore
Al Bhed Rescuers Mana Value: 2B Rarity: Uncommon Card Type: Creature Human Artificer Warrior Stats: 2/3 Card Text: Whenever this creature or another creature or artifact you control is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life
Market value is $25, and seems fairly stable right now as well, albeit the foil version fetches 10x that, with listings up to $250 at TCGPlayer right now
I think the one thing I would've liked to see more of in the list are summon cards: if you look at our commander options, Tidus, Yuna's Guardian and Yuna, Grand Summoner, both clearly work exceptionally well with the new summon creatures like Summon: Valefor as Tidus can remove lore counters to keep them around longer and Yuna can pump up creatures when the summons die, and that's a unique new game design space that would differentiate the deck from more generic +1/+1 Counter lists out there
Gloyd Orangeboar Fierce Competitor is just a great card for slowing an opponent while you build your board of characters