It can be in your assassin-themed deck, but it sees its fair share of play in Edgar Markov decks too
One of the things I haven't talked too much about was one of the secondary goals of Gatecrash design
A colorless Land that entered tapped, it wasn't a very good mana source, but its triggered ability proved very powerful
And in a deck like Shorikai, Genesis Engine, which already is playing as many artifact untappers as you can squeeze in, this is an absolute yes
This can give you an advantage and potentially turn a seemingly hopeless battle in your favor
Regardless of your commander choice, a committed Transformers theme deck probably wants to focus more on artifact synergies than legendary ones, with a smattering of combat tricks and +1/+1 counter generation