It was an interesting year for me as a player: I found that getting back into more paper play really boosted my enjoyment of the game
The Archimandrite is a little bit of a glass cannon situation: if hes not on the field, a lot of our cards get drastically worse
On top of this, Wizards is printing tons of five-color Commanders recently, massively boosting Spirit of Resistances consistency
Of the generic tribal cards you list, I like Obelisk of Urd, which has been good in my cube, the rest is meh, because you really need a tribe for them to do anything
Because no answer in Magic can efficiently cover all the angles of attack available, any linear proactive deck will have the edge in Game 1
They're super far away, that's why it doesn't look taller than a tree