The bottom-shelf price paints a different picture, but this isnt the case
That amount of support makes Thantis an even better typal commander, if you want it to be

"Lifetime" Pass Holder Abattoir Ghoul Accursed Centaur Accursed Horde Accursed Marauder Acererak the Archlich Agent of Erebos Ammit Eternal Anurid Murkdiver Aphetto Vulture Apprentice Necromancer Archghoul of Thraben Arisen Gorgon Ashen Ghoul Bad Ass Balduvian Dead Balduvian Fallen Balthor the Defiled Barrow Ghoul Black Cat Black Oak of Odunos Blackcleave Goblin Bladewing's Thrall Blighted Bat Blind Creeper Blood Scrivener Bloodletter Bog Raiders Bone Dancer Bone Miser Boneknitter Boneyard Desecrator Boneyard Scourge Brain Gorgers Butcher Ghoul Cabal Interrogator Cackling Fiend Cadaverous Knight Caged Zombie Calculating Lich Carnophage Carrion Crow Carrion Feeder Carrion Howler Carrion Screecher Carrion Wurm Catapult Captain Catapult Fodder Cemetery Desecrator Cemetery Reaper Champion of the Perished Coffin Puppets Coffin Queen Contagious Nim Corpse Augur Corpse Blockade Corpse Connoisseur Corpse Harvester Corpulent Corpse Creakwood Ghoul Crow of Dark Tidings Crypt Champion Crypt Creeper Crypt Feaster Cryptbreaker Cursed Minotaur Custodi Lich Cyclopean Giant Cyclopean Mummy Dakmor Ghoul Dauthi Ghoul Dead Reveler

You then draw cards for the number of Wolves you control
Red doesn't have too many, but there are some can't-miss cards like Rhythm of the WildRhythm of the Wild and Temur AscendancyTemur Ascendancy for when you gotta go fast
On average, Brutal Hordechief can probably drain more life than Blind Obedience, and it comes with a nice activated ability that can help unlock the board, too