While Birthing Pod definitely homogenized the format, it was an important lesson for design to learn, and now we get to enjoy more sub-optimal pod cards overall, rather than never seeing this broken ability ever again
Lets have a look at some of the commanders available for two other Innistrad tribes, Zombies and Vampires
Though there's more to come, this Flareon should be hung in an exhibit on why Pokemon cards are a social, shareable form of art
These are core to Magic gameplay and balance, and you can expect to see them in every set release
There are also lots of ways to widen the gap even further by using cards like Consecrated Sphinx to draw even more whenever an opponent draws, Teferi's Ageless Insight to turn a draw three into a draw six or even using something like Orcish Bowmasters or Psychosis Crawler to punish those opposing draws