While you will need to be playing a healthy number of Deserts in order to get the Zombies, many of those Deserts are quite good
Verhey had some insight into how these two cards were designed with their inspiration in mind: "To start, the drum is featured in the Twelfth Doctor two-parter of Under the Lake and Before the Flood
Phyrexian mana is an overpowered mechanic, so I was quite surprised when Wizards gave us a commander that turns every black mana symbol in your deck into Phyrexian mana
(Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokmon.) Attack 2: [1MM] Special Laser (100+) If this Pokmon has any Special Energy attached, this attack does 120 more damage
6 Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant An Absolute Flipping Road-Block Sometimes you'll stumble across a card that was designed way before Commander was ever a consideration
I dont really think it has much actual competitive use outside Devoted Druid combos, as you typically want to keep your planeswalker safe outside of combat so you can consistently activate its loyalty abilities