The alternate commander, The Lord of Pain, pings enemies for damage whenever a player casts their first spell, which is not only an excellent tool to make your opponents kill each other, but a decent deterrent to not remove them quickly
Card types such as artifact, and supertypes such as legendary or snow, aren't creature types
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I tried to solve that problem by playing more Graven Cairns, but that just created scenarios where I couldnt keep my one land/Faithless Looting hands
Fierce Guardianship Counter's a non-creature spell, so occasionally won't allow you to block a piece you might need to, but almost always either ends a combo or protects yours
Then you can tap him and ten Elves to drain 10 life from each foe so he's a win con, a token maker, and an Elf lover in the right color combination to make that work