The only reason Zulaport Cutthroat beat out Blood Artist is that it is a 1/1 rather than a 0/1, and has three creature types that can all work well in black Commander decks, over Blood Artist's lone Vampire typing
I've been playing Akiri, Fearless Voyager for years as my own Equipment commander specifically to encourage myself to Go Wide swinging with equipment instead of going Voltron as a self-imposed nerf to the deck and STILL it ends up correct to just pile on all my equipment on to a single creature most of the time
Each time you draw a card, you put a loyalty counter on it, and the tokens Teferi creates also get +1/+1 counters
Neither are ideal or complete solutions, but they would at least allow us to enjoy (a form of) Commander on MTG Arena sooner than having to wait for the entire catalog of relevant Magic cards to be uploaded onto the client
Red decks are good at creating explosive turns, securing an early advantage, and just generally controlling the pace of the game through disruption, constant pressure, and a bit of calculated chaos