Youll need enablers for the latter, but its got a lot of potential
Thankfully, over the past decade, even Wizards has realized that partners are pretty broken, and now they avoid printing more cards with the mechanic, instead relying on various partner-with-style mechanics that do something similar but with a much smaller pool of cards to choose from, like how you can partner a Doctor's companion with a Doctor from the Doctor Who set

Each Set Booster contains fifteen cards, with plenty of opportunities for opening multiple rares and mythic rares, including multiple legends: 1 Foil-etched legendary creature or Background (rare or mythic rare in 1 of 3 boosters) 1 Legendary creature or planeswalker (rare or mythic rare in 50% of boosters) 1 Legendary Background (rare in 1 of 12 boosters) 1 Rare or mythic rare (this can be legendary or non-legendary) 1 Traditional foil card of any rarity, including Booster Fun cards 1 Common or uncommon card with the rulebook treatment 1 Basic land or foil basic land 3 Common cards that are connected thematically 3 Uncommon cards that are connected thematically 2 Wildcards of any rarity 1 Art card or foil-stamped art card 1 Token, ad card, helper card, or a card from The List Set Boosters are available individually and in displays of 18 boosters
Hermes's first ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger
For our longtime players, the look and feel of the cards provided an aesthetically consistent experience that wed never offered in a Commander preconstructed deck before
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