If you don't solve this, it's unplayable
Other people critique the choice from the angle that its unsubtle. I think both of these critiques are valid, but I feel the designers sidestepped them
If your threat outclasses all theirs, this line should be one of your first choices
An overwhelmingly green tribe with some notable exceptions, Elves excel at generating tons of mana, amassing a huge army, and then overwhelming your enemies with powerful pump effects
Though mono-coloured commanders (or at least, mono-colour and colorless) are less common, if you do have a deck thats going to be based primarily around White cards, you may well be able to build yourself a nicely thematic deck with one of the below though Im willing to wager that were not likely to see many players opting for Bill the Pony as their Commander card
The usual suspects of black artifacts commanders get use out of this card, and if you can sync with other lifegain-and-drain cards, so much the better