To determine whether it is legal to play a modal double-faced card, consider only the characteristics of the face you're playing and ignore the other face's characteristics
And while it is likely that Zirda, the Dawnwaker will see play in some fringe combo decks (probably involving Eldrazi Displacer and a creature that makes at least two colorless mana when it enters the battlefield, like Eyeless Watcher) as a normal main-deck card, which puts it ahead of several companions on our list, just how practical it is to build a deck where every permanent in your deck has an activated ability remains to be seen
Alesha's Tiny Army Alesha, Who Smiles at Death | Illustration by Anastasia Ovchinnikova Commander (1) Creatures (32) Anger Azra Oddsmaker Blood Artist Carrion Feeder Chainer, Nightmare Adept Cruel Celebrant Duergar Hedge-Mage Eidolon of Rhetoric Fiend Hunter Gonti, Lord of Luxury Grand Abolisher Graveblade Marauder Grenzo, Dungeon Warden Grim Haruspex Imperial Recruiter Judith, the Scourge Diva Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker Marionette Apprentice Master of Cruelties Mayhem Devil Midnight Reaper Mindblade Render Necrotic Sliver Recruiter of the Guard Selfless Spirit Siege-Gang Commander Sling-Gang Lieutenant Tymna the Weaver Virtus the Veiled Viscera Seer Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Zulaport Cutthroat Instants (5) Boros Charm Entomb Path to Exile Rally the Ancestors Thrill of Possibility Sorceries (11) Buried Alive Damn Diabolic Intent Dusk Faithless Looting Gamble Grim Tutor Mythos of Snapdax Ruinous Ultimatum Thrilling Discovery Victimize Enchantments (4) Goblin Bombardment Reconnaissance Smothering Tithe Tortured Existence Artifacts (11) Arcane Signet Boros Signet Key to the City Orzhov Signet Phyrexian Altar Rakdos Signet Skullclamp Sol Ring Talisman of Conviction Talisman of Hierarchy Talisman of Indulgence Lands (36) Arid Mesa Battlefield Forge Blood Crypt Bloodstained Mire Caves of Koilos Clifftop Retreat Command Tower Dragonskull Summit Exotic Orchard Fabled Passage Fetid Heath Godless Shrine Graven Cairns Mana Confluence Marsh Flats Mountain x5 Phyrexian Tower Plains x3 Reflecting Pool Rugged Prairie Sacred Foundry Savai Triome Shadowblood Ridge Shizo, Death's Storehouse Spectator Seating Swamp x3 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Vault of Champions I've always found Alesha, Who Smiles at Death to be such a unique commander
Amazing Rare (A): Included in Legendary Heartbeat [S3a] and Shiny Star V [S4a], these cards feature a Legendary or Mythical Pokmon on a rainbow background
