As you go through this list you'll see an impressive array of spells that you'd be happy to play, but most of the creatures that are still interesting are either recent additions or more than just a regular creature
In practice, Rhys often works best when he isnt sitting on the battlefield for longkeeping him mostly in hand and striking at the perfect moment is the key to getting the most out of this commander
While youll need to give it Trample for maximum effectiveness, Rampaging Classmate could see legitimate Commander play
The flexibility is huge, especially since they can grab non-basic duals with the right land types
FromTheShire: In fairness it doesn't get the +X/+0 until after it's not blocked, so the skulk is actually solid, though unfortunately it only has 1 toughness so you still have to watch out for tokens
From there, I expand to about 50 works, then enter in Scryfall and engage in each work