If this were legendary, wed have yet another spotlight-hogging 5c commander on our hands
Chocobo Knights doesnt quite do that, but it does give the stuff with counters that ability, and buffing your already buffed creatures has to be a good time
Being able to stack your hand with your best equip options and then boost all your creatures as a side-effect of stacking them on Kellen makes this card an auto-include for any red/white deck with an equip focus
He is also more convenient to use with things like Aether Vial and Bloodbraid Elf than Hooligan but his advantages only really work for him in the few agro decks that might want him and so he really doesn't do enough over the mono coloured cards or the more versatile Hooligan to deserve a slot in the cube
Perhaps the intention was to let a player untap their potential blockers in the event that an opponent played a hasty creature, but whatever the intended purpose of this card was, its now largely relegated to enabling all manner of shenanigans
Kastral, the WindcrestedKastral, the Windcrested players are clamoring to get their copy of Hermes