I was lucky enough to play with both, and having seven mana sources, an equipped Cloud, and a buffed Sephiroth by turn four (yes, its possible) made me feel godlike
The important thing, as always, is to remain flexible in your assessments and to position yourself to learn as fast as possible, but learn soft and fast, not hard and fast keep your positions flexible, as even once youve learned something you may find that your understanding was incomplete and you may still need to unlearn it again and learn something else.
It's a cheap way to flood the board with tokens while also removing a threat from the board, and you don't even need your commander in play to get value off of it
Gingerbrute: This little guy is easy to miss but as a cheap haste creature who is virtually unblockable for 1 mana, hes a great fit for Sonic