Most of the time, these lands show up only in Limited formats, where its pretty useful to have the option to cash them in for a card
There are lots of ways to make a good MDFC, like its power, flavor, or design
Similarly, commander damage dealt to player by each commander is tracked separately
If you can build a deck around the card, all you should need to do is get Radiant Lotus in play to win the game on the spot
This goes so well with +1/+1 and -1/-1 counters, planeswalkers, artifact charge counters, infect/poison the list continues
Vehicles are also somewhat pirate-adjacent and so theres a few with specific pirate synergies or at least synergies with the same mechanics as pirates The role of assassins in our gameplan is slightly less clear