Lastly, since Arceus ex needs a full bench of Pokemon to deal full damage, Shaymin acts as a splendid bench filler due to it being a Basic Pokemon and having a passive ability that works from the bench
or permanents that have no effect whatsoever on who is controlling it (e.g
Im especially interested in using Herigast, Erupting Nullkite to pay the emerge cost of, say, Void Winnower or Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
Though it doesnt look the part (in my opinion at least), that certainly hasnt hurt the value of the Mishras Workshop card, which will set you back at least a few thousand dollars if you want to get your hands on it
So this version of Dogmeat works great in a Commander deck full of legendary spells of all kinds, not just creatures
A patient player who enjoys grinding out card advantage will get more from a Blue or Green control-leaning starter