For a chess clock to work, it would have to include enough time to accommodate slower control decks, which means you're liking looking at the Magic Online system of each player having 20 or more minutes per match
But to a player new to the format, having this general, who is legitimized by being a marquee part of a Commander product, in their possible metagame can turn them away from the format
Starting life as simply a zany one-off encounter in the massive Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage mega-adventure, Captain Nghathrod gave WotC designer Ken Nagle a memorable, tentacled face for a classic glue two themes together Commander card
Looking back the fact that cards from one of your four decks cannot be used in another is really annoying
While zombies and vampires are accounted for and double-face cards return (giving us Werewolves), theres something bubbling under the surface to keep in mind