Having an activated ability is slightly more relevant because of Zirda
I just finished building a new commander cube. If you're interested in drafting something fresh and new, you can check it out here:
https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/miry-artifact-edh
It started when Osgir, the Reconstructor and Prosper, Tome-Bound made me reconsider the archetypes I support in this cube. I started a new cube to keep track of cards that would I would add for them, and that turned into looking at all the guilds with an eye towards artifacts.
The general archetypes look like this: