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First is Arcades, the Strategist, which might be the best defender payoff ever, drawing us cards as defenders enter the battlefield while also letting our defenders attack and deal damage equal to their toughness rather than their power, making it both a card-advantage engine that lets us flood the board with cheap defenders and a way to let our defenders play offense

All in all there are lots of cards that are cube worthy that gain life

While it does have a bunch of energy synergy focused cards, it also has other tech too

There are tons of draws like Memnite, Cranial Plating, Etched Champion, Galvanic Blast where you want colored mana on turn 1 but dont want to lose your land to Fatal Push

Evelyn, the Covetous Evelyn, the Covetous would be my choice for a vampire-typal commander simply because Im a sucker for card draw in the command zone