Exalted Sunborn Exalted Sunborn gives you a warp in for a 2 mana token doubling
(Remember, the textured OTP were 1 in 1500 packs!) The easier to find math has to balance out with the shorter print run math, and with Assassins Creed being a smaller run, were going to see a glut early on, and then other cards get hot
And of course, you could go the cat route for this commander
Pete can also give itself and other Pirates Resist +1 while exerted
Regarding steel, there are some cards that can help with this overarching damaged character control strategy, like Tug-of-War, which gives the player a choice of dealing damage to all opposing characters with the Evasive ability or without, or Yzma, who can deal 1 damage to a character if any of the players characters banish another character through a challenge
While hard removal can be a bit of an issue, theres a lot of fun to be had in flooding the board with Dalmatian Puppies and turning everything sideways