Protecting ElshaElsha at level one, going wide at level two, and making ElshaElsha massive and double strikey to end the game, or to start to rebuild after a board wipe
1 Harvester of Souls
I could go into its history, but if youre interested in learning more Id highly recommend this video from YouTuber Rhystic Studies expertly breaking down its significance, as well as this recent one from Magic designer Gavin Verhey digging into all the times the lotus has made its way back onto a card
Your commander needs to be the same type declared with Umori, the Collector, so youll most often find it companioned alongside all-creature decks, though enchantment creature or artifact creature commanders open other possibilities
They also allow you to move large quantities of cards around quickly, so if you have an organizational system like Andys (pictured above), you can easily move New Shit to one of the other boxes when it is no longer New Shit