The One Game Not Anymore Fight as One | Illustration by Bryan Sola I believe that it's a bit misleading to look at modern Magic as a single game, as it was back in 1994
Lets go over the weird ones first
As you pass Karona around the table, it gives each player their choice of creature type to get +3/+3, incentivizing them to attack each other
4 Dogmeat, Ever Loyal Purveyor Of Surprisingly Useful Junk Most Equipment-focused commanders encourage a Voltron style of play, wherein you focus all of your buffs on a single target, but good ol Dogmeat does the opposite
Nyx-Fleece Ram, Yoked Ox or a wall for
I have never played professionally but even in casual constructed, things are a lot more polar as you pointed out