With enough lands in play, control decks can play proactively and reactively at the same time
With FF7 's remake schedule in full swing and Advent Children recently released to theaters, it's no surprise that Cloud's making a prominent appearance as headliner for one of the four Commander pre-builts in the set
It's an amazing option for a tempo strategy where it kills quickly if you have some bounce or tap effects in your deck, and it works with auras, equipment, and pretty much everything in the game of Magic
Once in play, you can start cheating out much bigger threats at a low cost
Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer is an all-star in every format its legal in, so much so that it was banned in Legacy
I can at least answer the latter with a yes