It's a shame the base creature costs so much mana, but you can flicker it to build your board and win with the waterbending ability, alongside white's ample token support like Mondrak, Glory Dominus
This Bloomburrow Animated Army Commander Deck includes 1 deck of 100 Magic cards (3 Traditional Foil cards, 97 nonfoil cards), a 2-card Collector Booster Sample Pack (contains 1 Traditional Foil or nonfoil alt-border card of rarity Rare or higher and 1 Traditional Foil Uncommon card), 10 double-sided tokens, 1 deck box (can hold 100 sleeved cards), 1 strategy insert, and 1 reference card.
At that point, is it much better than Draining Whelk
TChalla, the Black Panther T'Challa, the Black Panther is one of the most interesting commanders from the Marvel set, effectively getting +1/+1 counters when you cast big artifacts
If you are looking for something nicer, Dragon Shield 18 pocket pages have a black backdrop, plus youll be able to insert cards on both sides so a single page will hold 18 cards instead of nine
Strategies utilizing multiple permanent types in 1 or more engines with low CMC cogs are also quite viable and extremely dangerous even in environments with a reduced card pool
