If youve only ever built decks around the mechanics of a commander, I urge you to give putting together a theme deck a try
Azors Elocutors Alternate win through peacekeeping
For example, If I can afford to cast Amazing Spider-Man directly, the card's mana value is 4, whereas in other zones you just see Peter Parker, with a mana value of 2
Dark Tutelage [one_fourth_last stack="responsive"] [/one_fourth_last] Dark Tutelage is harder for your opponents to deal with while only costing one more mana, a cost we don't mind in Commander actually
1 Astor, Bearer of Blades
Even as a lab rat turned definitely human scientist, I think this is wild