It's a fresh take on a +1/+1 counter themed deck, with more open-ended designs allowing people to brew with all sorts of counters
Likewise, if you use Errant, Street Artist to copy a creature spell that was copied by Volo, Guide to Monsters, Twinning Staff gives you an extra creature
In this aspect, they can be synergistic: Gaining life can be one way to buy yourself time to put the drawn cards to good use
Ominous Harvest seeks to pick up that flag and run with it, putting basically the same effect onto a sorcery with Gravestorm
A box can be brilliant for draft and poor for collecting
The Main Commander Deck Types in MTG Now that we've got deck types and themes sorted out, let's get into some of the prominent Commander deck types you'll likely run into at your next game night