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The Pride of Hull Clade can work as a commander as its casting cost will often get reduced significantly and it can have other big butt creatures with toughness attack as though it didnt have Defender

The answer is no

In addition to Normal Summon one ATK 1000 monster per turn, if you also get to Special Summon one ATK 1000 monster per turn, then you would only take 3 turns to cumulatively deal over 8000 damage

Commander is at its best when powerful card mechanics reflect the narrative of the deck or Commander that you're piloting

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Whilst not being as memorable or awesome as transformations, Escalate is a fine mechanic that leads to some solid gameplay choices should you play the spell early to try and gain the upper hand, or wait to cast it at its max potential later