The immediately preceding sets, Theros: Beyond Death and Throne of Eldraine , had planeswalker and brawl decks respectively, but Ikoria (and perhaps the pandemic) shifted the Commander landscape to this day
Wizards managed to capture both sides of the character in this incredible new flip legend
Commanders like Animar, Lurrus, and Najeela offer unique strategies and strengths, from combo potential to graveyard recursion
Compare this to last year, when in Commander 2017 , even the deck with the worst artifacts had Nevinyrral's Disk and the set as a whole had Skullclamp, Door of Destinies, Well of Lost Dreams, Lightning Greaves, and Blade of the Bloodchief (among others)enough good artifacts that I didn't even bother to include Signets and other playable mana rocks on the artifact listand the artifacts from Commander 2018 look even more disappointing in comparison
Deranged Assistant is almost the opposite