Even as an avowed fan of variance in games, its hard to sell getting mana screwed or flooded as any sort of positive experience
Nothing like laughing at a freshly dropped 3/3 void winnower after he completely disabled you for the entirety of the last game because your whole deck is even cost and why did I make this
Noctis is a good Commander, sure, but its also sweet in any Esper artifacts list
Plenty of Legendary-matters Commander decks will snap this up: Jodah, Kethis, Sisay Vizier of the Cryptolithright
Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at the beginning of" in their reminder text
Behold the Power of Destruction If all your opponents are stronger than you, this scheme wont be of much help