Having a Magic: The Gathering card gets banned is a big deal, especially in a format like Commander, where every card Magic has ever printed is available for play
On that topic - once you're in the post game, you can now undertake a special quest of sorts to catch Zacian in Pokemon Sword and Zamazenta in Pokemon Shield, the two Pokemon that appear on the covers of those games
Because Villains are your primary creature, you'll also want to keep a close eye out for Plans, which is a villainous mechanic that meshes well with Connive
A meta can exist for any of these Abzan/Golgari/Orzhov removal options its up to us to be cognisant enough to see it when it happens
Getting additional triggers off Solemn Simulacrum, Overlord of the Boilerbilges, and similar cards more than makes up for them not hitting your opponents for a meaningful amount of damage
In contrast to the former, expanded card format permits inclusion of any Pokmon cards, regardless if they are older cards