You also get counters on all of your existing creatures, which can be a big swing
It'll be interesting to see how things shake out and see which cards end up being powerful roleplayers, which end up being format defining, and which end up being left on the sidelines
Just between you and me, there have been more wrong Fact or Fiction splits in Magic history than correct ones
You can choose to either: Have an opponent lose life equal to the amount of life they already lost this turn You gain life equal to the amount of life you gained this turn Either one of these abilities are pretty darn good, and with the amount of lifegain and damage Vampires can dish out, you'll likely be triggering the effect every turn
This will obviously make players think twice about damaging you, which is a luxury in Commander
The face commander is Breya, Etherium Shaper, an Esper artificer who picked up the color red and the ability to combo with a stiff breeze