Guess well settle for the strange menagerie of bird wizards, zombie wizards, ogre wizards, and starfish wizards in MTG
Alliances may be made, but in the end, only one player will be left standing
However, there are a number of non-lethal ways in which it can deal with this, it can still counter before they enter play
It just makes a lot more sense to curve out with Blazing Bomb, Sahagin, The Emperor, Ultros and Shantotto, THEN start chaining together copies of Retrieve the Esper, rather than trying to play noncreature spells the whole game
It's also very noticeable to me that, whereas the Lorwyn decks were both focused on fun but niche strategies, the Turtles deck is about tokens and +1/+1 counters - two of the most prevalent themes in Commander