Drivnod, Carnage Dominus The deck has a ton of death triggers, allowing Drivnod, Carnage Dominus to double up on all of them
If a transforming card is in your hand, library, exile, graveyard, Command zone, or anywhere else, it's only seen as having the properties listed on the front face
As we often say in Magic , your life total is a resource and ending a game on next to zero life is the same as winning it at 100 but I do believe that casual Commander players are concentrating on the transactional nature of life totals in predominantly one direction

Decklist: Norin the Wary in EDH Norin, Swift Survivalist | Illustration by Yigit Koroglu Commander (1) Planeswalkers (2) Jaya, Venerated Firemage Tibalt, Rakish Instigator Creatures (19) Birgi, God of Storytelling Burnished Hart Grinning Ignus Hamletback Goliath Hanweir Garrison Iron Myr Kari Zev, Skyship Raider Lightning Berserker Loyal Apprentice Mogg War Marshal Myr Battlesphere Purphoros, God of the Forge Reinforced Ronin Rose Room Treasurer Seasoned Pyromancer Solemn Simulacrum Terror of the Peaks Torbran, Thane of Red Fell Witty Roastmaster Instants (7) Abrade Chef's Kiss Lightning Bolt Mages' Contest Pyroblast Seething Song Thrill of Possibility Sorceries (6) Dragon Fodder Faithless Looting Firecat Blitz Glimpse of Tomorrow Mizzium Mortars Warp World Enchantments (18) Confusion in the Ranks Daring Piracy Dictate of the Twin Gods Fiery Emancipation Furnace of Rath Goblin Assault Impact Tremors Mechanized Warfare Mirror March Outpost Siege Pandemonium Possibility Storm Pyrohemia Spellshock Stensia Uprising Sulfuric Vortex Tectonic Reformation Warstorm Surge Artifacts (11) Arcane Signet Caged Sun Conjurer's Closet Genesis Chamber Honor-Worn Shaku Lightning Greaves Panharmonicon Skullclamp Sol Ring Tome of Legends Wayfarer's Bauble Lands (36) Den of the Bugbear Dwarven Mine Forgotten Cave Kher Keep Mountain x30 Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle War Room The flavor text on Norin the Wary is a running joke in Star Wars movies in that every movie has it

Lots of things have tried, but the format has galvanized into what it currently is
In game practice, it is never said that there is (or there isn't) some note that specifies whether a given action can or cannot be executable