The singleton nature of the game, and the massive deck size, means that youre not going to be able to reliably get your strongest cards out on the board either
The game is very easy to pick up and put down without feeling like youre missing out and is a great way to experience the thrills of opening packs, all without breaking the bank
The landcycling commons in LOTR have proven to be good in Modern and Legacy, and if you havent tried them yet in Commander, you really ought to
Some people forgot you could even regenerate your side
A second advantage of having a low creature count is that your deck is configured in a way to make great use of symmetric effects
This can be highly effective in any Commander game, and all experienced Commander players know how dangerous artifact-themed decks or +1/+1 counter-based decks can be -- and Optimus Prime's deck is both