Even if Commander is all about shooting for the moon by casting big spells and assembling contraptions (figurative ones, not the Un-card type), Magic is still largely about playing creatures to the board
Whether its scrubbing out in an RCQ or spellslinging in Commander, there are tons of ways to increase the amounts of damage being dealt to your opponents
This is true even if Protean Hydra has no +1/+1 counters on it at all (and is able to remain on the battlefield because some other effect is boosting its toughness)
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We'll draw a card when we do so and there may be times where that's helpful, but let's assume we want to keep Egon around