Merlin - Crab has a great buff with his "Ready or Not" ability that lets the player add 3 Strength to a chosen character when Merlin - Crab is both played and leaves play
Can you resist the temptation of collector and set boosters
While classic tribes such as Elves and Goblins are home to a litany of deck-building options, other, more fringe tribes also offer players a variety of choices when picking a commander
Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. That means you get extra mana, mana-fixing, and card draw all on one handy card
You can't dodge board wide exiles with this, which I think is the main drawback compared to TePro, but that's a really hard use case to find protection from in other ways
Kothophed, Soul Hoarder can net you all the cards in the world