Cheap artifacts with death triggers or refund abilities maximise Repurposing Bays efficiency
Riptide Gearhulk Riptide Gearhulk is big, its an artifact for decks that care about that, and it comes with a catch-all removal spell attached, the kind we love from Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
The only time I think I play it for the recursion alone is when I am playing a Patriarch's Bidding deck and want some redundancy
You generally want to land the commander as soon as reasonably possible, with another creature or two available to sacrifice and start digging for cards
Plus, Im also not a big fan of playing cards from exile cards that Wizards of the Coast (WotC) has been pushing lately, at least not in Commander
Im taking an early look at the set and how it plays, and Ill be updating this review over the course of the next few months to see how these Magic cards make their way into all the constructed formats and to see how it plays in a limited environment