Long story short: I finally disassembled my beloved legacy Sliver Slaying deck to make a commander, and for three basic reasons: First: I was rarely using the legacy one
With a Haste granter like Enduring Courage you can swing with your newly-made Summoner right away, and put any creature you want from your hand into play
These cards are typically harder to pull and can command high prices, especially if theyre from older or first-edition sets
In Standard of old, Geist won by creating and slapping face with Angel tokens check out a Craig Wescoe special at Worlds 2011 for a slice of Magic history: Crazy times before the Legendary rule change, right
He specifically wanted more cards that appealed directly to Spikes
You can open an aggressive strategy by granting haste to your bomb, or to multitudes of creatures that might not otherwise have it