Unlike past years, where much of the value of the decks was tied to reprints, Commander 2018 is all about the new cards, which pushes the Esper deck to the top of the list by a decent margin, thanks mostly to Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow being the most expensive card in the set but also some other solid-value cards, including Sower of Discord, Geode Golem, and Varina, Lich Queen
Given that this deck can play entirely in your opponents turn, these wolves are guaranteed, as is easy disruption
It has passable stats for one thing, and for another it counts artifacts too
Bolass Citadel can enable some broken stuff in any mono-black deck, especially one focused around artifacts
We havent seen serious changes or new mechanics since Locations were introduced in set 3 Into the Inklands