Since it puts all damage onto an equipped creature instead of you, if you equip Pariah's Shield to a creature with indestructible then that won't be killed through damage either, keeping you safe so long as Pariah's Shield is attached to something
A lot of dorks are not things you want entering the battlefield repeatedly either and so plenty of cube dorks are bad Wave targets
Sorin of House Markov Flipwalkers always make for interesting commanders, and Sorin, Ravenous Neonate is the star of the show here
But what are the potential options
This year, the best deck for reprinted commanders is the Bant deck, with two reprinted legends in Daxos of Meletis and Bruna, Light of Alabaster
Dauntless Bodyguard, Thalias Lieutenant, and Thalia Guardian of Thraben makes for a good aggressive base