I know you said no Tribal, but it is low-hanging fruit and I've found Yuriko, The Tiger's Shadow to be a fun proactive deck. It's not SUPER tribal because there are so few ninjas, so it is more about finding Arcane Adaptation, Conspiracy, and/or Xenograft to turn all your little random 1/1 dudes into ninjas so that your commander functions as a SUPER Edric. Despite more or less demanding a fair number of Flying Men and those Conspiracy effects, I found there was a lot of skill-testing decisions both in building and in playing. I run a Trinket Mage package experimentally, but Yuriko also pushes you to play unconventional answer cards and maximize your tempo and ability to have open attacks. I don't win a lot with it because it does become archenemy often, but it is a blast every time I shuffle it up.
The problem is that you'd think commanders with good attack triggers would encourage you to play a proactive list, but it rarely works that way. Tribal makes for good proactive decks because they encourage you to beat face without necessarily encouraging you to play Voltron and combo-kill people (like Narset, Enlightened Master, Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest or exploit the repeated combat triggers for grindy stax advantage (i.e. Brago, King Eternal, Kaalia of the Vast, Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, the way some commanders with attack triggers might. That being said, I also think you can build a proactive, interactive list for folks like Edric, Spymaster of Trest and Gahiji, Honored One.
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The problem is that you'd think commanders with good attack triggers would encourage you to play a proactive list, but it rarely works that way. Tribal makes for good proactive decks because they encourage you to beat face without necessarily encouraging you to play Voltron and combo-kill people (like Narset, Enlightened Master, Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest or exploit the repeated combat triggers for grindy stax advantage (i.e. Brago, King Eternal, Kaalia of the Vast, Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, the way some commanders with attack triggers might. That being said, I also think you can build a proactive, interactive list for folks like Edric, Spymaster of Trest and Gahiji, Honored One.
RCRDaretti: Superfriends Forever RCR
WGBDoran: Ent-mootWBG
GGGMultani: Group Bear HugGGG
GB(B/G)The Gitrog Monster: Dredgefall DurdleGB(B/G)
RGWGahiji, the Honored Group Hug MonsterRGW
UB(U/B)Yuriko, Ninja Trinket AggroUB(U/B)
WUBRGAtogatog: Assembling a OHKOWUBRG