Blue is the color of mass draw, so you can make a bunch of cards drawn for Stroke of Genius
Even if your opponent manages to destroy them after reanimation, they leave behind bodies you can sacrifice to bring them back again
Kwain is a two mana 1/3 Rabbit Wizard who taps so that each player may draw a card, and each player who does gains a life
But recently on the Out of the Box MTG Podcast, we had an episode where Jake, our resident Esper mage, pitched us on commanders in colors that we dont typically like with the challenge to build one of the options to stretch our deckbuilding muscles
I do think its a better build than G/U for now
Per onepiece.gg's July 2026 meta report, Purple Enel, Blue-Green Luffy, and Purple-Yellow Rosinante are the current Tier 1 leaders