As many folks have said in many ways, the perfect is the enemy of the good. Its easy to look at something new and spot its flaws and cast it aside because of them, but if there is a perfect solution for Commander matchmaking, no one has yet discovered it in over twenty years
Yet I also believe that the generosity of the community and their willingness to borrow decks to other players is a big factor as well
In fact, this is the one format where having a strong deck (at least one that appears strong on the surface) can work against you
But all the cards that referred to real life Wizards positions (Fascist Art Director, R&D, etc.) were white (with the one exception being Richard Garfield in blue)
Rosewater mentions that MTG designers tend to rank mechanics in a spectrum that goes from splash to workhorse, with splash being mechanics that most players recognize as new (and hopefully exciting), while workhorse are mechanics that are more low-key but nevertheless essential for a set to work
Hopefully youll find the following methodology useful, regardless of how much or little idea you have of what kind of Cube you want to build