The tensions around it are higher than Ive seen with any Magic product in a very long time, with some arguing it's an overpriced insult to the player base while others see it as just another premium collectable in a game built on them
Old-school Magic has fallen off a little bit in the last year
Scenario 3 Grief / Undying Evil Turn 1 You Play Grief, exiling a black card Remove a card from opponents hand Play Undying Evil, targeting Grief Remove a card from opponents hand Turn 1 Opponent Turn 2 You Cards in hand: 2 Cards in opponents hand: 4 Result: This is very similar to Scenario 1, but with two big flaws: your opponent ends up with one more card by comparison, and you have to run Undying Evil
You cant cheat out expensive cards, but Gandalf adds some super-charged Panharmonicon action to your deck and at minimum gives your commander flash
Myr Galvanizer adds counters to all Myrs
One thing to be aware of is that you may pull some Commander-only cards out of Collector Booster packs, so you'll want to check the set symbols before building Standard decks