Horror is a broad creature type used for many of the most frightening creatures in the multi-verse who defy classification, while Nightmares are terrifying beings created from the greatest fears of the unconscious mind
Commander brackets are numbered, but these numbers don't measure the power level of a deck
The only affinity Thought Monitor has for this deck is affinity for artifacts, potentially making it a 2/2 flier for one blue mana that draws you two cards

Good token commanders in MTG must have at least 1 of the following 3 characteristics: The ability to generate a large number of tokens at a proportionally low mana and opportunity cost Easily repeatable token generation Strong supporting effects for tokens that justify not being able to create tokens Good token commanders also can have the following traits in conjunction with the above: Fast, accessible payoffs for creating your tokens, such as giving them haste, boosting their power, or gaining effects when they die Potential for establishing infinite combos with your tokens Miscellaneous useful effects Many of the strongest token commanders have multiple traits from the lists above and contain access to green and/or white cards, as these colors have the most powerful support cards for token strategies, many of which were shown earlier
Cards like Clive, Ifrit's Dominant or Summon: Anima can be interesting cheap replacements
When we look at that ability, we arent even up a card at the end and we dont get a freebie because we have to commit to an attack with a specific creature type