Personally, I love the smaller sets and would enjoy seeing more expansions like this so that the idea of completing a set before the next expansion arrives doesn't seem like an impossible feat
The main mini-quest well want to go on prior to bringing out Sauron, Lord of the Rings is to get at least one potent creature into the graveyard by hook or by crook
Water types are easy to power up, making them great for attacking, and typically have high HPs, making them great for defense, too
Gogo is a four mana red card that Im very happy to play, especially in decks that revolve around big haymakers like Etali, Primal Storm
Of all the many, many archetypes available in Commander, Tokens is perhaps the most consistently popular