If you do control your commander, then you get to put a +1/+1 counter on each Creature you control at the beginning of your combat step
In general, I like the extended borders, especially with the collector boosters relegating set foils to trash tier status
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The colors of Alpha and Beta cards could be muted, which is to the detriment of black cards, specifically, but that fade, coupled with the three dimensional beveling around the art and the text box, gives red cards, specifically, just a really nice pop in that thicker Beta frame