However, where Jetmir excels purely in combat, making even initially weak Creatures into ridiculous threats for any opponent, the Commander lacks utility outside of its ability to quickly finish a game through sheer board might
It pumps creatures of the same type by +1/+1 and lessens the color restrictions on their mana costs
You lose X life
In terms of gameplay, Odyssey was the first set that explicitly featured mechanics that revolved around manipulating your own graveyard, and it introduced the popular flashback mechanic (which allows you to play spells from your graveyard) as well as Threshold, which has been featured sparingly in following sets including in 2024s Bloomburrow
Its capable of generating 2 mana for expensive cards only, it takes you from 3 to 5+ mana quickly, and it can even be a looter to go through your deck and find whats needed
Thats a heck of a long lead time, though it makes sense for a set as widely-hyped as this one