In creature-heavy Commander decks built around redundancy and recursion, that downside matters less than youd think
Being able to make non-legendary copies is always great for any MTG commander that you'd like to have two copies of, and in a fliers deck or something, your board will get very big very quickly
Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon For Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon, +1/+1 counters are just a means to an end, with that end being an army of Gnomes to overwhelm your opponents
As such, if this card hits, you have an easy win
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian I get a little bummed that Tidus, Yuna's Guardian is stuck working with only creatures, but the ability to move counters and proliferate is very good
Jaheira is also iconic for being one of the most powerful mana-enablers in modern Commander