Most of the defender creatures are commons and uncommons made for Draft, and the deck utilizes very few rares
Getting to double up the damage to one player from my Dragon could be lights out for them
You get to put +1/+1 counters on it whenever you cast a creature, and since mutating counts as casting, you get to put a counter on your commander and grow it biggerto then cast more mutate spells
Grabby Giant: Two pretty interesting effects on a Reach body makes this a viable budget pick
Reach is one of the better abilities in EDH, given how prevalent flyers are, and how the monarch mechanic becomes more relevant over time
Alongside gorgeous art that depicts the city both in its heyday and as ruins, Zanarkand features the Town type for land, which will be sure to raise some eyebrows