After watching the Vehicles in the Kaladesh block get played in various formats, we did make the decision to stop doing Vehicles at common, though there wasn't a strong justification for that being the solution
All that means you might have to get a little creative with your commanders
Being able to pick and choose how you clear the board and keeping your own higher mana value pieces intact without having to rely on the nuclear options like Farewell and Austere Command could prove beneficial as well
If a player grows tired of Zurgo or even the back-up commander Neriv, Crackling VanguardNeriv, Crackling Vanguard, the deck offers a lot of highly functional cards for other decks that share colors
Have someone else use a watch or phone that can track seconds
Getting invested is pretty easy, especially since opening packs is so immersive