Only 77 copies of the majestic golden variety of the series' signature bird will be printed, on a solid gold, mostly foiled card, that can only be potentially found in the costly Collector Booster packs
10 Werebear Werebear isn't the most impressive mana dork in Commander, nor is the threshold power bump that important in the format, but when your commander wants you to commit to a typal theme, it's best to play as many on-theme creatures of that type as you can
She can increase the poison in play every turn which is invaluable here
Although probably not the heights of Tarmogoyf #8
I have already built a Commander deck around New-Sheoldred and it includes Mono-Black Group Hug like Howling Mine, mass card draw like Dark Deal, and lifegain matters cards like Vito
Akroma, Angel of Fury, on the other hand, was still cool but didn't have quite the level of impact as the original