From a game mechanics sense, this means the end of Investigate from the first set, as the mystery is solved, and the addition of several new mechanics Emerge, Meld, and Escalate to represent things going from bad to worse
While red commanders usually are aggressive ones that may not need any protection like Purphoros, God of the Forge, there are others like Aurelia, the Warleader that may pose an immediate threat, and protecting them becomes key
Presence of Gond I happened to know of an all-common combo that made infinite creatures, and I happened to be looking for an infinite-creature combo to play with Impact Tremors, so it seemed only natural to turn this list into a Pauper experiment
As well as the card having Flash and Flying abilities itself, it is also capable of letting players search for other flying cards and providing vehicles with flying counters