Cards like Storm herd can be played cheaply by reducing your cost with your commander, or can be exiled from the top of your deck spawning a ton of dragon cards
One day, someone on the design team (Dan Emmond, Monty Ashley, Billy Moreno, Ian Duke, and myselfsadly, I don't remember whose idea it was) suggested that perhaps we could combine the two ideas by turning it into a countdown
As a result, Hero of Precinct One may be a dud on week one, but will emerge once the best home for it is found and tuned
From top-decking a single four-mana aura, you might suddenly conjure up a massive giga-threat with all your enchantments on it then when it dies, do all that again
Part of the draw of Universes Beyond is seeing things from other properties represented on a Magic card and I hope Wizards will continue to make more new designs rather than less as the Tales of Middle-earth Commander decks had only around twenty new designs per deck
The soft cheeks and always happy face make this an easy cute choice