Our creatures start off as 4/4's and 5/5's (Lambholt Elder) and only get bigger thanks to our lords (Mayor of Avabruck), which put them in a prime position to start mauling opposing creatures
Annihilator , a mechanic from the original set which made these cards hard to fight back against, has been removed, making the game feel less hopeless for someone facing down one of the huge monsters
In a few months we will be left with just one legal Persian, Persian NXD, which is a largely unspectacular card
these are often old spells that provide card draw or ramp for little to no mana
give +1/+1 counters to a creature, make them an angel, and give them flying
Daniel Holt was the lead designer for the Final Fantasy Commander decks and hes on record saying that Final Fantasy X is his favorite game in the series